On 6 Oct 2004 at 0:09, Dimitrios Kalderis wrote:

Hi all

as I was driving the other day, I saw a very small
tree (ca. 5 inches tall) and I stopped by to get it
out of the ground.
After repotting and watering, I started searching on
the net to find the name of the species and it turned
out to be a shrub, Lavender Cotton.

I think it makes excellent Bonsai, please have a look
on the following link to see what I mean

http://www.bonsaichat.com/galleryView.asp?picID=116

regards
Dimitris.


I was unfamiliar with Santolina, but after looking it up, I
think you may have a nice potential bonsai there. They also
have flowers and according to my info, they bud back well from
old wood, which bodes well for pruning in the future.

The big pot you have it in is probably OK for a year or two
while it grows (18-inches is its maximum height), but you will
want to put int into a smaller pot.

Since this is a mediterranean shrub be careful that you do not
overwater. I'd imagine that it will not like wet feet.

Good luck with it.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.
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