Would you be able to do a video on how to care for bonsai saplings? I’m growing a sapling and it’s turning brown. I’m not really sure what I’m doing wrong, the Internet is giving me a lot of mixed answers. :/
I'm not sure how your climate changes it, but in the dry southwest the best way to prune these in landscape setting it to take them nearly to the ground every few years, otherwise they can get unkempt and leggy when growing outside of their native range or when given supplemental water. I've cut two potted specimens very hard and had both explode in growth. To any wondering about how a xeric plant can be so thirsty in the summer, its because they are adapted to dry desert winters and monsoonal summers. In oversized pots mine need water every two days during the summer, though I think I went the entire winter without watering them more than 5 times due to exceptional rains.
Thanks Jerome - In my opinion Leucophyllum is a totally underutilized subject for bonsai. To see those magenta flowers floating in clouds of the silvery gray foliage can be a jaw-dropping experience. I have found them to be a bit finicky in their watering requirements. They seem to be one of those xeric plants that can thrive in the most challenging enviroments, yet balk the instant human intervention tries anything we call 'nurture'. I'm grateful for any observations based on experience concerning their care and feeding. Thank you again! Now I'm off in search of the white-flowered variety!
I have a question I am in Houston Texas and I'm interested in changing my bonsai soil to your soil but I want to know will it hold enough water in the Texas heat I've read that you were in Florida do you have similar conditions and how do the trees do in the soil with out the akadama
Hey William 👋🏻 we are also in houston texas. We relocated quite some time ago and the soil has been working perfectly fine. Give your trees a good watering in the morning and they will retain the moisture until the next morning. During the hot summer months I tend to give the trees a misting in the late afternoon.
All the Texas Sage i worked with were extremely fussy and killed over real quickly. A better choice would be the king of all sagebrush Artemisia Tridentata (big basin sagebrush)
I had few issues with Texas sage they don't like really being worked on. May I recommend big basin sagebrush Artemisia Tridentata as they are more forgiving to bonsai practice.
Great information
Would you be able to do a video on how to care for bonsai saplings? I’m growing a sapling and it’s turning brown. I’m not really sure what I’m doing wrong, the Internet is giving me a lot of mixed answers. :/
I'm not sure how your climate changes it, but in the dry southwest the best way to prune these in landscape setting it to take them nearly to the ground every few years, otherwise they can get unkempt and leggy when growing outside of their native range or when given supplemental water. I've cut two potted specimens very hard and had both explode in growth. To any wondering about how a xeric plant can be so thirsty in the summer, its because they are adapted to dry desert winters and monsoonal summers. In oversized pots mine need water every two days during the summer, though I think I went the entire winter without watering them more than 5 times due to exceptional rains.
Thanks Jerome -
In my opinion Leucophyllum is a totally underutilized subject for bonsai. To see those magenta flowers floating in clouds of the silvery gray foliage can be a jaw-dropping experience.
I have found them to be a bit finicky in their watering requirements. They seem to be one of those xeric plants that can thrive in the most challenging enviroments, yet balk the instant human intervention tries anything we call 'nurture'. I'm grateful for any observations based on experience concerning their care and feeding. Thank you again!
Now I'm off in search of the white-flowered variety!
I have noticed the same though if human intervention tries anything they pout immediately. They will eventually come back but very good observation!
I have a question I am in Houston Texas and I'm interested in changing my bonsai soil to your soil but I want to know will it hold enough water in the Texas heat I've read that you were in Florida do you have similar conditions and how do the trees do in the soil with out the akadama
Hey William 👋🏻 we are also in houston texas. We relocated quite some time ago and the soil has been working perfectly fine. Give your trees a good watering in the morning and they will retain the moisture until the next morning. During the hot summer months I tend to give the trees a misting in the late afternoon.
All the Texas Sage i worked with were extremely fussy and killed over real quickly. A better choice would be the king of all sagebrush Artemisia Tridentata (big basin sagebrush)
As you know in Bonsai we don't substitute, we just add :) I agree with you though the sagebrush is a great example. Lets do that one next!
@WeareTheBonsaiSupply when your ready I promise you Artemisia Tridentata is more forgiving.
I owned a few over the years and actually still own one to this day.@@sagebonsai
Thank you for the explanation, greetings from a hobby
Never thought of using a Texas sage as a bonsai, I will go get one this week. Thank you
I had few issues with Texas sage they don't like really being worked on. May I recommend big basin sagebrush Artemisia Tridentata as they are more forgiving to bonsai practice.