Iris,
Not sure it's still there, but Ernie Kuo had a spectacular myrtus on his
site (or did the last time I went there). I have four currently in
development and love them (they are different though - but NO POM POMS
either). I was fortunate enough some years ago to receive a 40 or 50 year
old myrtus that I brought home and planted in the back yard, I've been
air-layering the branches off since. Enjoy it, at least they smell good
when you prune them.
Regards,
Shelly Hurd - Central CA - Sunset Zone 8-USDA Zone 9



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Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 8:07 AM
Subject: [IBC] Myrtle Bonsai


Having killed several, & hopefully learned from my mistakes, I recently
bought another dwarf myrtle (Myrtus communis 'Compacta'). Seeking
inspiration on
the Web, I looked for some pictures. Searching on "Myrtle bonsai" brought
up
nothing but crape myrtle. Searching on Myrtus communis brought up one
decent
specimen from Phoenix. There were a number of pictures from Germany &
Austria,
all of them dreadful to an American eye. They were all done in pompoms.
Even a
natural unstyled myrtle in Israel looks better (it grows as an upright
oval
dense bush). Don't tell me a myrtle can't be styled to look like something
with
taste, or can't it?
Iris

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