Our trees have taken a very hard beating with the crazy weather that we're still trying to get used to. The weather is all over the place. It's freezing (literally) one day and in the mid 70's the next day. It is impossible to keep track of the weather and protecting our bonsai is even harder.

A few things we've found out.

Most people keep their trees in their garages during the winter months and they don't bring them out until the Pecan trees bloom. At the time I'm writing this it is 70 deg outside and still no blossoms on the pecan trees.

Bonsai lovers with tropicals in their collections bury their Fig's up to the base of the trunk in sand during the summer and keep the sand moist. Everything is watered 2 times a day and misted 2 times a day because of hot winds. Oh ya..it is R.E.A.L.L.Y. windy here!

Black pines are totally commonplace here. And there is some fantastic native material here which makes wicked awesome bonsai.

Also, Pomegranate is deciduous in Texas! I was freaking out that all of our pom's were dead from winter but it turns out that they were just dormant.

I'll post some photo's after new buds form so and take inventory of our collection to see what made it through the first winter in Texas.

-Tom