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Post by tomc on Apr 3, 2007 21:54:07 GMT -5
The most obvious place to start in any search is with either head of the fraternal cyst IBC (Internet Bonsai Club), ABS (American Bonsai Society). Burried on its pages are a twenty year collection of bonsai photos, and an equal collection of the old rec.arts.bonsai news group.
It like this page could be concidered a gated web site. I think its worth your minimal labor to join if you really need the expertise of the likes of Brent Walstrom, or Iris Cohen. Their are many many more smart folks than them, or lill ol me for that matter.
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Post by lavandulagirl on Apr 3, 2007 22:39:46 GMT -5
Tom, what kind of bonsai do you do?
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Post by tomc on Apr 4, 2007 8:15:00 GMT -5
Lavandula, I grow trees suitable for my zone (most of them) so they live out doors all year. Even the ones that voles and mice find yummy still live inna cold frame. I have a few tender trees; an olive, bay laurel, and TX ebony, they live indoors during the winter.
Oh maples, hackberry, quince, bamboo, spruce, pines, crab apple, osage orange, mullberry, lilac, and at least ten other kinds that I won't think of for a while.
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Post by houseodessey on Apr 4, 2007 22:05:59 GMT -5
You can bonsai a hackberry? I've always hated them but I sure do have a lot that I could practice on. I've always loved Japanese maples. I'd love to have those for my beds by my front doors. I need to learn to graft, as they're expensive here.
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Post by tomc on Apr 9, 2007 19:36:38 GMT -5
Yep you can train Hackberry (Celtis o) to live in pots. It back buds very easily, the fruit is small. Leaves reduce easily with clipping. Pick out three or four big enough to have some roughening of the bark and cut the trunk off about knee high late in spring or early in summer. Transplant next spring.
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