[IBC] Sparkleberry
 

Hello, Jim et al!

Every day on my way home from work, I pass by this very
interesting looking
tree along side the road. It is about eight feet tall, the
canopy is
approximately 10 feet across. The base of the trunk at soil
level is
approximately 8 inches across. It is a true double trunk, with
very gnarled
branches and beautiful, shredding, brown and silvery bark.

I'd love to have this tree in my yard, not to mention have it
as an
Imperial-sized Bonsai. Unfortunately, I seem to recall that
several years
ago you said Sparkleberry has a single tap root that attempts
to reach clear
through the Earth to China (My paraphrasing of your words!).
: )

Thus, I have two questions for you: 1) Have you done any more
research to
verify a collecting/transplanting technique; and 2) can the
branches be
air-layered.

There are any number of branches on this particular specimen
that would make
the beginnings of some fantastic bonsai.


And you can come here and dig (or try) one, if you like, Bill. I
have lots of 'em.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Nature
encourages no looseness, pardons no errors. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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