Help, I’m a bonsai newbie. I purchased my bonsai about two years ago from a nursery that has since gone out of business. I want to identify my bonsai with a view to repotting as he does not seem to be as healthy as he could be of late. Many thanks.
I agree with MCPeters. cut off the dead stuff. Spray what is left wit 50% water and 50% rubbing alcohol for 3 days in a row. For spider mites. Spray everything foliade trunk, potn under pot, You will have to this in a regular basis. best to keep in garage for winter if you can.
That looks like a procumbens juniper. The foliage looks stressed. Is it still pliable or is it crispy? If it is crispy it is dead. Are you keeping it indoors? Junipers need dormancy from cold each year or they decline. It is best to over winter them some place where they get cold. Not necessarily frozen, but temperatures below 40 degrees.
It is probably a lost cause. Cut off the crispy parts. If there is no live foliage on a branch, it will die and the whole tree if no live foliage at all.
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. I have trimmed away all the crispy parts. There are still some live branches with foliage, but admittedly it now looks rather like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.
I agree with MCPeters. cut off the dead stuff. Spray what is left wit 50% water and 50% rubbing alcohol for 3 days in a row. For spider mites. Spray everything foliade trunk, potn under pot, You will have to this in a regular basis. best to keep in garage for winter if you can.
That looks like a procumbens juniper. The foliage looks stressed. Is it still pliable or is it crispy? If it is crispy it is dead. Are you keeping it indoors? Junipers need dormancy from cold each year or they decline. It is best to over winter them some place where they get cold. Not necessarily frozen, but temperatures below 40 degrees.