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by Lawrence LeClaireBSSF October General Meeting - Fruiting and Flowering Trees
Oct 8th: October meeting on flowering trees? Well, not the time for viewing bright colorful flowers, but the ideal time to start working with these flowering trees in preparation for the spring bloom. Tim Kong led this month’s program talking about not-so-common fruiting and flowering trees he uses for bonsai. Yes, we all know how great flowering quinces, Prunus ume, and crabapples work in bonsai. Tim’s goal at this meeting was to open our eyes to other trees that grow well in the Bay Area and show a bit of color and fruit during the year...  read more »
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by Lawrence LeClaireFog City Bonsai November 2008 Issue
Nov 10th: Here is your online version of Fog City Bonsai for November 2008. This issue features: October General Meeting Notes - Jay McDonald and Flowering Trees November Meeting Announcement - Marco Invernizzi Start Thinking Silhouette - Eric Schrader From the V.P. November Bonsai Notes Upcoming Events, Meetings, and Announcements Your Fall Bonsai Care Calendar BSSF Download Fog City Bonsai November 2008 (0...  read more »
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by John BoyceFall work on Pines, maples and others
Oct 23rd: Pieces of Bonsai - November 2005 November begins the year for bonsai, and here are some things that should be done: Pines-make sure your tree is always healthy before doing the following: Removing pine needles-On small trees pluck out single needles one at a time, leaving the sheath on. If you have no luck at doing this, then cut off the needles. For larger trees you want the long branches to bud back further...  read more »
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by John BoyceFall Maintenance and tips for Pines, maples etc
Sep 27th: Pieces of Bonsai - October 2005 Now that Autumn is here, we can begin real work on the trees. The white pines have already had the needles cut off, and we can begin on the black pines. In this case either pluck the needles off or cut them off like the white pines. Then plucking black pine needles they should be pulled off in an upward mobement that is in the direction the branch is growing. The cork bark pine is done just the opposite...  read more »
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by John EdwardsAugust 2005 General Meeting
Aug 23rd: At our August meeting Jay McDonald presented a program on training field grown flowering trees as bonsai. Two flowering plums and a deciduous pomegranate were the subjects of the demonstration. Jay emphasized strongly that these trees are grown for their profuse spring bloom and that the challenge is to develop an attractive tree preferably with and old appearance to serve as a scaffold for this delightful annual springtime event...  read more »
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