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Sequoia bonzai, so ironic.
 

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My mom, a landscape architect, always described bonsai as "tortured plants," but I love them. I used to know a woman who had received a permit from the Forest Service to "natural bonsai" from high elevations. She was limited to one per year, but her examples were amazing, and ancient - one was at least 200 years old based on the growth rings in a pruned branch.
 

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They are "tortured". Hacked, severed, burned, twisted. You have to break eggs if you want an omelet.

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I've collected in the wild but usually invasive species that the park department wants to eradicate. There's an ethical debate about removing natural plants.

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WOW a Bonsai thread !!! I can not believe this... about seven or eight years ago I got a real bonsai fascination, bought books, a few small pots, etc etc and tried my hand at growing some from local Home Depot plants. I never was successful at getting them to survive and finally gave up because kids came along (have been luckier with them thankfully). Anyway I never lost my love of these trees and always thought I'd resume my growing attempts at some point. I think this may be the time... will reading through this thread help with understanding how to keep my trees alive?
 

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Thanks lefty, I've got some reading to do.. I think I'll start with this thread though to get the juices running a little more, book marking those links.
 

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here's a new one i bought from bonsaiofbrooklyn.

its kinda amazing how he packs and delivers it all UPS (with a huge box, ton of styrofoam peanuts, and this time with chemical hand warmers since it such a ****** NYC winter).

I've gotten a ficus two years ago, Jerusalem cherry last year, and this buddhist pine tree this january.

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Some day I'll make the trip down there to the nursery (i guess he's all the way down near Coney Island).
 

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here's another i just bought from my guy in brooklyn.

its pretty big at near 30in including the pot. I'm glad the seller recommended and saved it for me:

here's my pic: Lumix GF1 with 20mm pancake
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from the original sellers pic it looks more funky.
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Which do you think is the front?

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Originally Posted by lefty
Which do you think is the front?

lefty


I like the view from my pic better. its a Chinese Privet (Ligustrum) so its easy to keep indoors. I guess they grow very fast so you actually need to prune them once a month, or else it becomes a bush (lol). I'd like to own some maple bonsai but NYC apartment living hinders that.
 

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Originally Posted by LawrenceMD
I'd like to own some maple bonsai but NYC apartment living hinders that.

Won't most of them get going on a NYC balcony/fire escape?
 

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Originally Posted by Reborn
Won't most of them get going on a NYC balcony/fire escape?

my hipster neighbors would steal it.
 

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