Trees Timeline

Take a look at the journey of my bonsai trees — grouped by species, with each one showing its progress over time. Follow the ups, downs, and happy accidents of this enthusiast’s path, as we learn, experiment, and grow together — both me and the trees!

Acer Arakawa icon (bw) Acer Arakawa icon (color)
Acer Arakawa
3 active / 4 trees
Acer Atropurpureum icon (bw) Acer Atropurpureum icon (color)
Acer Atropurpureum
1 active / 2 trees
Acer Beni-Maiko icon (bw) Acer Beni-Maiko icon (color)
Acer Beni-Maiko
1 active / 1 tree
Acer Emerald Lace icon (bw) Acer Emerald Lace icon (color)
Acer Emerald Lace
0 active / 1 tree
Acer Katsura icon (bw) Acer Katsura icon (color)
Acer Katsura
1 active / 2 trees
Acer Little Princess icon (bw) Acer Little Princess icon (color)
Acer Little Princess
0 active / 1 tree
Acer Montpelier icon (bw) Acer Montpelier icon (color)
Acer Montpelier
1 active / 1 tree
Acer Orange Dream icon (bw) Acer Orange Dream icon (color)
Acer Orange Dream
2 active / 3 trees
Acer Phoenix icon (bw) Acer Phoenix icon (color)
Acer Phoenix
1 active / 2 trees
Acer Shishigashira icon (bw) Acer Shishigashira icon (color)
Acer Shishigashira
2 active / 5 trees
Acer Summer Gold icon (bw) Acer Summer Gold icon (color)
Acer Summer Gold
1 active / 1 tree
Acer trident icon (bw) Acer trident icon (color)
Acer trident
6 active / 7 trees
Acer yamamomiji icon (bw) Acer yamamomiji icon (color)
Acer yamamomiji
3 active / 3 trees
Amur Maple icon (bw) Amur Maple icon (color)
Amur Maple
1 active / 2 trees
Azalea icon (bw) Azalea icon (color)
Azalea
0 active / 2 trees
Beech icon (bw) Beech icon (color)
Beech
1 active / 1 tree
Bougainvillea icon (bw) Bougainvillea icon (color)
Bougainvillea
3 active / 3 trees
Boxwood icon (bw) Boxwood icon (color)
Boxwood
2 active / 2 trees
Calliandra icon (bw) Calliandra icon (color)
Calliandra
2 active / 2 trees
Chinese Elm icon (bw) Chinese Elm icon (color)
Chinese Elm
9 active / 11 trees
Chojubai icon (bw) Chojubai icon (color)
Chojubai
1 active / 2 trees
Cork Oak icon (bw) Cork Oak icon (color)
Cork Oak
2 active / 3 trees
Cotoneaster icon (bw) Cotoneaster icon (color)
Cotoneaster
2 active / 3 trees
Dwarf Jade icon (bw) Dwarf Jade icon (color)
Dwarf Jade
0 active / 4 trees
Ficus Carica icon (bw) Ficus Carica icon (color)
Ficus Carica
3 active / 3 trees
Ficus Tigerbark icon (bw) Ficus Tigerbark icon (color)
Ficus Tigerbark
3 active / 3 trees
Field Maple icon (bw) Field Maple icon (color)
Field Maple
1 active / 1 tree
Ginkgo Biloba icon (bw) Ginkgo Biloba icon (color)
Ginkgo Biloba
2 active / 2 trees
Grape Vine icon (bw) Grape Vine icon (color)
Grape Vine
1 active / 2 trees
Hazel icon (bw) Hazel icon (color)
Hazel
2 active / 2 trees
Hornbeam icon (bw) Hornbeam icon (color)
Hornbeam
6 active / 6 trees
Japanese Maple icon (bw) Japanese Maple icon (color)
Japanese Maple
1 active / 2 trees
Kojo-no-Mai icon (bw) Kojo-no-Mai icon (color)
Kojo-no-Mai
0 active / 2 trees
Lemon icon (bw) Lemon icon (color)
Lemon
1 active / 1 tree
Liquidambar styraciflua icon (bw) Liquidambar styraciflua icon (color)
Liquidambar styraciflua
3 active / 3 trees
Magnolia icon (bw) Magnolia icon (color)
Magnolia
0 active / 1 tree
Malus Everest icon (bw) Malus Everest icon (color)
Malus Everest
1 active / 2 trees
Musk Maple icon (bw) Musk Maple icon (color)
Musk Maple
1 active / 1 tree
Olive icon (bw) Olive icon (color)
Olive
6 active / 6 trees
Pomegranate icon (bw) Pomegranate icon (color)
Pomegranate
2 active / 2 trees
Portuguese Oak icon (bw) Portuguese Oak icon (color)
Portuguese Oak
1 active / 2 trees
Rose icon (bw) Rose icon (color)
Rose
1 active / 1 tree
Rosemary icon (bw) Rosemary icon (color)
Rosemary
2 active / 2 trees
Seiju Elm icon (bw) Seiju Elm icon (color)
Seiju Elm
1 active / 1 tree
Showy Forsythia icon (bw) Showy Forsythia icon (color)
Showy Forsythia
1 active / 2 trees
Silverberry icon (bw) Silverberry icon (color)
Silverberry
1 active / 1 tree
Strawberry Tree icon (bw) Strawberry Tree icon (color)
Strawberry Tree
3 active / 4 trees
Ume icon (bw) Ume icon (color)
Ume
1 active / 2 trees
Winter Jasmine icon (bw) Winter Jasmine icon (color)
Winter Jasmine
0 active / 1 tree
Wisteria icon (bw) Wisteria icon (color)
Wisteria
1 active / 2 trees
Zelkova icon (bw) Zelkova icon (color)
Zelkova
2 active / 2 trees

Active Trees

Latest update from every active tree

#E0019 latest image
7 Mai, 2025
Chinese Elm #E019
#E0006 latest image
12 Mai, 2025
Chinese Elm #E06
Progress update, cutting
#E0051 latest image
14 Mai, 2025
Chinese Elm #E051
#QS0004 latest image
15 Mai, 2025
Cork Oak #QS004
Survived the bending and repotting, buds appearing. Dead top was cut
#CJ0002 latest image
4 Jul, 2025
Chojubai #CJ02
Summer pruning
#B0006 latest image
6 Jul, 2025
Bougainvillea #B06
Cutting from past year, wiring and put in a pot
#C0002 latest image
6 Jul, 2025
Cotoneaster #C02
prune
#QS0005 latest image
10 Jul, 2025
Cork Oak #QS5
#FC0002 latest image
13 Jul, 2025
Ficus Carica #FC2
#RC0001 latest image
13 Jul, 2025
Rose #RC1
#AA0002 latest image
17 Jul, 2025
Acer Arakawa #AA2
Airlayer removal
#S0001 latest image
22 Jul, 2025
Silverberry #S01
move to a pot
#LC0001 latest image
24 Jul, 2025
Lemon #LC1
#F0009 latest image
6 Ago, 2025
Ficus Tigerbark #F09
#F0015 latest image
6 Ago, 2025
Ficus #F15
#HB0001 latest image
6 Ago, 2025
Hornbeam #HB01
#AT0041 latest image
18 Ago, 2025
Acer Trident #AT41
airlayer connected top with bottom, redo
#AK0006 latest image
25 Ago, 2025
Acer Katsura #AK6
Multi trunk formation with washer technic, from nursery stock
#AT0016 latest image
25 Ago, 2025
Acer Trident #AT16
Multitrunk formation with the washer technic, from nursery stock
#JM0002 latest image
25 Ago, 2025
Japanese Maple #JM2
Nursery Stock, multitrunk with the washer technic
#QF0002 latest image
29 Ago, 2025
Portuguese Oak #QF02
#F0003 latest image
1 Set, 2025
Ficus Tigerbark #F3
Wiring and trunk cut to allow it to bend easily
#PM0003 latest image
1 Set, 2025
Ume #PM3
Cut to get a more final structure
#HB0002 latest image
30 Set, 2025
Hornbeam #HB2
From nursery stock, clump
#HB0003 latest image
30 Set, 2025
Hornbeam #HB03
#HB0004 latest image
30 Set, 2025
Hornbeam #HB4
Nursery stock, clump made
#RS0001 latest image
30 Set, 2025
Rosemary #RS1
#RS0002 latest image
2 Out, 2025
Rosemary #RS2
#CL0002 latest image
9 Out, 2025
Calliandra #CL2
Nursery stock, first pruning and some wiring for base structure
#AT0001 latest image
16 Out, 2025
Acer Trident #AT001 #3
#L0002 latest image
16 Out, 2025
Sweetgum #L02
#MD0005 latest image
16 Out, 2025
Strawberry Tree #MD5
Still deciding on the front
#ASG0001 latest image
20 Out, 2025
Acer Summer Gold #ASG01
#H0001 latest image
20 Out, 2025
Hazel #H01 #2
#O0011 latest image
20 Out, 2025
Olive #O011
Pruning for final shape, bonsai pot
#Z0002 latest image
20 Out, 2025
Zelkova Serrata #Z02
#O0005 latest image
21 Out, 2025
Olive #O5
#O0008 latest image
21 Out, 2025
Olive #O8
#O0010 latest image
21 Out, 2025
Olive #O10
#FS0002 latest image
21 Out, 2025
Showy Forsythia #FS2
root bound, repot
#E0002 latest image
23 Out, 2025
Chinese Elm #E02
#Z0001 latest image
23 Out, 2025
Zelkova #Z1
#HB0005 latest image
28 Out, 2025
Hornbeam #HB5
#V0002 latest image
20 Nov, 2025
Grape Vine #V2
#A0044 latest image
11 Dez, 2025
Japanese Maple #A44
Ring layer started to taking
#BX0002 latest image
11 Dez, 2025
Boxwood #BX02
#CL0001 latest image
11 Dez, 2025
Calliandra #CL01
#GB0001 latest image
11 Dez, 2025
Ginkgo Biloba #GB1
Ring layer still not ready, one root appeared
#GB0003 latest image
11 Dez, 2025
Ginkgo Biloba #GB3
#PG0003 latest image
11 Dez, 2025
Pomegranate #PG03
#MD0002 latest image
11 Dez, 2025
Strawberry Tree #MD2
#L0003 latest image
12 Dez, 2025
Sweetgum #L03
#E0024 latest image
13 Dez, 2025
Chinese Elm forest #E24
#E0063 latest image
13 Dez, 2025
Chinese Elm #E063
approach graft didn't take, thread graft done instead
#PG0002 latest image
16 Dez, 2025
Pomegranate #PG02
Hat to cut one of the branches to avoid inverse taper. Repoted and a bit of wiring
#AS0006 latest image
17 Dez, 2025
Acer Shishigashira #AS6
#BX0001 latest image
17 Dez, 2025
Boxwood #BX01
#E0071 latest image
17 Dez, 2025
Chinese Elm #E071
#H0002 latest image
17 Dez, 2025
Hazel #H02
#AA0004 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Acer Arakawa #AA04
Added ring for layer
#AM0001 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Acer Montpelier #AM01
#AD0006 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Acer Orange Dream #AD6
#AP0001 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Acer Phoenix #AP1
Ring layer still not taken, small prune
#AT0011 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Acer Trident #AT11
#BC0001 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
European Beech #BC1
#B0005 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Bougainvillea #B05
#B0007 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Bougainvillea #B07
From a cutting
#E0073 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Chinese Elm #E73
#FC0001 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Ficus Carica #FC1
#HB0007 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Hornbeam #HB7
Deadwood working
#MC0003 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Malus Everest #MC3
#O0001 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Olive #O001
#ES0001 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Seiju Elm #ES1
airlayer added
#W0002 latest image
19 Dez, 2025
Wisteria #W02
#AA0003 latest image
20 Dez, 2025
Acer Arakawa #AA03
#AD0003 latest image
20 Dez, 2025
Acer Orange Dream #AD3
#AS0004 latest image
20 Dez, 2025
Acer Shishigashira #AS4
Nursery stock
#AT0012 latest image
20 Dez, 2025
Acer Trident #AT12
#AG0001 latest image
20 Dez, 2025
Amur Mapple #AG1
#FC0004 latest image
20 Dez, 2025
Ficus Carica #FC4
#L0004 latest image
20 Dez, 2025
Sweetgum #L4
#AN0001 latest image
20 Dez, 2025
Musk Maple #AN01
#AB0001 latest image
22 Dez, 2025
Acer Beni-Maiko #AB1
#AC0004 latest image
22 Dez, 2025
Field Maple #AC4
#E0010 latest image
23 Dez, 2025
Chinese Elm #E10
Redo the Airlayer again
#O0006 latest image
28 Dez, 2025
Olive #O6
#AT0013 latest image
5 Jan, 2026
Acer Trident #AT13
clump
#AY0004 latest image
5 Jan, 2026
Acer Yamamomiji #AY4
Cutting with ringlayer
#AY0001 latest image
7 Jan, 2026
Acer yamamomiji #AY1
#AY0002 latest image
7 Jan, 2026
Acer Yamamomiji #AY2
#C0006 latest image
7 Jan, 2026
Cotoneaster #C6
#MD0003 latest image
7 Jan, 2026
Strawberry Tree #MD03
Hard cut, wasn't enjoying it