I garden in Wisconsin, zone 5, which means a short season and a lot of hope in March. There is a long bonsai streak in here, some houseplants that refuse to die, and a weeping willow that grew faster than anything has a right to.
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Niobe Golden Weeping Willow: Growth Rate and Care, Year by YearJun 2011The Jade Plant Gets Repotted — A Big Plant, a Temporary Ramp, a September ProjectSep 2010Building Bonsai Starter Boxes — Growing Trees from ScratchSep 2010A Rescue Bonsai from Walmart for Karen — First Repot and Early TrainingOct 2010Bringing the Serissa Bonsai Indoors for WinterOct 2010Will 2011 Bring Another Early Spring? — Watching the Calendar and the GardenMar 2011The First Day of Spring 2017 — Early Signs of Life in the GardenMar 2017First Signs of Spring 2018 — New Growth in the Garden on April 24thApr 2018