Set up a Flickr account with some old photos and newer photos. I will take more soon once we get out of the cold and rainy weather. Flickr account can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/trayculture

Japanese Maples have become a big interest for me. Currently I own 4.
1. Red Maple – being used for bonsai
2. Red Maple, repotted into a 5 gallon pot
3. Waterfall Maple – an awesome maple, thats just starting to open up.
4. Red Dragon Maple – purchased from a local nursery by my dad as a gift. So awesome.

I am still looking forward to adding a few more, hopefully an older emperor, orange dream, Aureum and Seiryu; just to name a few

I had put some Green Japanese Maple seeds, Chinese Elm seeds, and Yoshino Cherry seeds through a period of stratification, and planted them about 2 weeks ago. So far in the past few days I have had 11 maples come up, and 7 chinese elm sprouts. Unforunately, no cherry sprouts as of yet, although I know they can take a while, I normally don’t have much luck with them.

Took a trip this past weekend to a nursery I had been wanting to go to in San Gabriel, CA. San Gabriel Nursery was pretty nice, a vast variety of bonsai as well, which even left her jaw on the ground. They have a website at: http://www.sgnursery.com

More updates soon.