It's the time of year to put the trees to bed. These bonsai do not fare well in their containers through the winter, nor do the containers resist cracking when saturated with water in sub-freezing temps so we peel back the pot, wrap the rootball and bury them up to their necks in the earth for the winter months. They'll go back in their pots after the ground warms in the spring, just before the buds swell and break. The pine is a white pine, host of the Maine state flower, plucked from the ground as a one year old sapling around 6 years old.
The second is a pair of maples saved from a weed whacker at the in-laws property which were collected a year ago and were each at least three years old at the time of collection. They're a bit immature and need some branch shaping which will be the project of the coming season.
The second is a pair of maples saved from a weed whacker at the in-laws property which were collected a year ago and were each at least three years old at the time of collection. They're a bit immature and need some branch shaping which will be the project of the coming season.
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