Chris: Yes, you can bonsai an oak. It's just a very long term project.
By the way, you are welcome to any of the many oak seedlings which come up in my
gutters and yard. They're very easy to start.
Alan Walker, Lake Charles, LA, USA
http://LCBSBonsai.org http://bonsai-bci.com
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Chris McMillan wrote:
Can oaks be turned into bonsai trees? Believe it or not I have SIX baby
oak trees sitting on my window sill this very minute.

Years ago more as something to do Hazel picked up some acorns and grew
them into miniature trees which when she was about 12 we handed over to
the local tree planting group. She's never really forgiven me for not
being able to take her to see where they were taken.

More as a joke (again) on a UK newsgroup last autumn we said we'd
collect more acorns and conkers and have another go. The conkers seem to
have gone AWOL in the workshop because we were told not to plant them
when we collected them - but out of the 10 acorns which we picked up
from a tree locally, six are sitting here.

So if they can be turned into bonsai, what do we do?

I'm intending to go and see if our main library in town has any books
for beginners (yes, I've seen which books are on amazon.co.uk but I
can't decide which to go for apart from the A - Z of plants)
Sincerely, Chris
Chris McMillan

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