Hi!!

My girlfriend bought me a bonsai buti dont know the specie, can someone help me?
Thanks btw I would like to hear some advice about this bonsai ( how to take care of it etc..)
thanks

to me it looks like a juniper, a hardy plant, may die if kept inside, evergreen, water when soil is starting to go dry and feed regularly as specified on feed packet or bottle.

good luck

Yes Juniper. In need of pruning, may make a reasonable semi or cascade with some work,

m5eaygeoff wrote: Yes Juniper. In need of pruning, may make a reasonable semi or cascade with some work,

I really don't understand why people on this forum continue to state trees like this are going to be a reasonable bonsai 'with some work'. It's a young shrub, not styled, unintersting trunk, no branch development. It's going to take many years before it comes close to something that may be 'reasonable' material to create a bonsai.

it does look quite nice the way it is now though (this obviously is my opinion). it does need pruning, but for the size it is now, the trunk is relative to the foliage and pot.

Thanks, im really new, so even if it is really small can I start prunning it and wiring it like just now?
Thnaks a lot

I did not state a timescale though. It will in time be nice, with the time and work needed.

I would suggest losing the stones & moss, top up the soil to cover the exposed roots a bit, nothing to stop you pruning and shaping a bit but don't overdo it - very much easier to cut bits off than to grow them back... don't ask please how I know that.

Dave

Do you refer to take them off, or just like lose , im not a native speaker , if it isnt to much bother i will prun it a little and then ask for opinion here, thanks

jpbonsai wrote: Thanks, im really new, so even if it is really small can I start prunning it and wiring it like just now?

No. This tree is too young and fragile. Don't prune or wire - you haven't even learned how to prune or wire yet; pruning and wiring it now will stress it too much and it will die.

Leave it alone. Let it get accustomed to your environment (You do know it belongs outside?).
Water and fertilize it (look up the care guidelines for Junipers, to know what/when/how much to water/fertilize).
Don't do anything else, leave it alone for a year. Just let it grow.
This will give you the time to learn how to develop a trunk, how to select branches for future development, what a sacrifice branch is, what foliage pads are. etc... After that year you have learned to take care of your plant, and you may want to start some work on it - or you may decide to let it grow even more.

Don't rush. Take your time. Study and learn what bonsai really is.