The coffee tree after wiring and repotting into a terra cotta growing pot.
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This coffee tree from seed was planted into a bonsai pot too soon and now it is struggling.
The bonsai banyan (Chinese ficus) needs pruning.
This bonsai dwarf jade tree is growing well in its free-form pot.
The bonsai Mickey Mouse tree after unwiring, pruning, and rewiring.
This bonsai Mickey Mouse tree needs unwiring.
The eleven tree plumeria forest after removing the guy wires, pruning, and defoliating to encourage branching.
These plumeria, iconic trees of Hawaiʻi, even though they come from Mexico, are all from seed from the old tree in our yard. It has fragrent white and yellow flowers. Someday this forest may bloom.
The bonsai buttonwood after pruning. The two lowest branches were lowered more with wire stays. Buttonwood has hard wood formerly used for making buttons.
Follow-up on the bonsai buttonwood from a cutting. This chokan (formal upright) needs pruning.
The cascade naupaka after pruning. No wiring was required.
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Follow-up on my naupaka kengai (cascade). Naupaka is a native Hawaiian shrub, and this one is from seed.
My Order(n) sorting algorithm. The patent has expired, so it's public domain now. rjwagner49.com/Patent/Stud/
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The citrus tree after pruning and wiring. I root pruned and repotted it into a different same-sized pot.
I worked on a citrus tree in a terra cotta growing pot. Grown from seed, when it has fruit I will know what kind it is.
The bonsai triple trunk autograph tree after pruning.
An autograph tree bonsai triple trunk that needs pruning.
I was able to get the root-bound bonsai autograph tree out of the pot without breaking it: after pruning and repotting into a larger growing pot.
This autograph tree that has been in a terra cotta growing pot for several years. It is rootbound and needs repotting.
The bonsai escambron after pruning and repotting.
My bonsai escambron in a shallow round pot needs pruning. It's also root-bound and needs repotting.
The bonsai kamani after pruning and wiring. Difficult: after 15 years, its beginning to look like a bonsai.
My bonsai Kamani has been growing unrestrained and is ready for more work on Friday afternoon.
The bonsai Brazilian pepper after pruning and wiring.
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Follow-up on a Brazilian pepper bonsai after growing unrestrained for six months.
