I moved back here in the Philippines after living in Baltimore Maryland almost all my life. Recently got hooked on bonsa when my fiance got into gardening. Now i cant stop, im trying to absorb all the info i can, im currently training 2 buchidas and a large ficus. The lady at the nursery called it a silver ficus, ive had people tell me its a ficus benjamina, all i know is it had a great trunk beautiful arial shoots and great branching.

Bonsai does not seem to have really hit quite yet here in cebu, i cant find any decent bonsai pots, no bonsai soil and all the great trees i find are usually in the back neglected corner of the nursery. My ficus was so root bound the roots had snapped the bucket it was planted in and the roots hung 2feet down. The advantage of this of course is i was able to haggle down to $3-$4 if converted from peso.

If anyone knows of a bonsai supplies store near cebu city or even random ways for me to get supplies i need i would truely appreciate it. Also if their are any clubs in this area id be very interested.