Honger

I thought I would introduce myself to ya'll. I've enjoyed reading and searching the information available in the forum so far. Great site!

My name is Joel and I live just NW of Indianapolis, IN (US). My wife and I have three bonsai trees (see my sig line). We've bought all our trees from Bonsai East in Pigeon Forge, TN. Sadly, the proprietor has now passed on.

Our Snow Rose was one of the first two trees we purchased. The other tree, a Juniper, died due to improper overwintering on our part (the odd Indiana spring freeze/thaw cycles didn't help). One aspect we cherish about our Snow Rose is that we bought it on our honeymoon and we hope to have it throughout our marriage. Our two Junipers were bought on a revisit to Pigeon Forge on our two-year anniversary. They are currently outside in overwinter mode... they made it through last winter just fine.

We battled spider mites this past summer and seem to have won... we'll see if they are back in the spring. In addition, we seem to be battling either a fungus or overwatering problem with our Snow Rose (I'll be posting some questions about that shortly).

Regards,
Joel