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[IBC] Boxwood Question
I have a small boxwood, less than 1 foot tall, that seems
like it could be used as a starter plant for my first attempt at a bonsai. Is this a good choice? Has a good trunk with character. Advice welcome. Boxwood is a popular choice for bonsai. Have at it. You might even post a pic on the gallery. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Bonsaiests are like genealogists: We know our roots!. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Boxwood Question
I have a small boxwood, less than 1 foot tall, that seems
like it could be used as a starter plant for my first attempt at a bonsai. Is this a good choice? Has a good trunk with character. Advice welcome. Boxwood is a popular choice for bonsai. Have at it. You might even post a pic on the gallery. Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Bonsaiests are like genealogists: We know our roots!. ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Boxwood Question
In a message dated 4/2/2004 4:40:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
writes: I have a small boxwood, less than 1 foot tall, that seems like it could be used as a starter plant for my first attempt at a bonsai. Is this a good choice? Has a good trunk with character. Advice welcome. Friend: Engaging Buxus is an exercise in extreme patience. After 16 years of working with a collected specimen, I am now ready to present to enthusiasts for viewing. );-) Given its extremely slow growth rate, be certain to remove only what is required to achieve your design objective. Buxus prefers a fast-draining soil if grown in the northeastern US. As you progress into warmer regions, the organic component will need to be increased to prevent abrupt soil dessication. Superfeeding (frequent feeding) is recommended to ensure that each growing season delivers maximal foliar accumulations. If you are working with Buxus microphylla var. japonica, expect no more than 1 inch of new growth per year. If you are working iwth Buxus microphylla 'Kingsville Dwarf'--the slow growing form selected by Henry Holman--expect 1/2 inch per year. While Buxus is a rewarding specimen, I believe it challenges the talent of both the beginner and expert as a specimen whose calculated development can yield remarkable results. Cordially, Michael Persiano members.aol.com/iasnob ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Boxwood Question
Thanks for the advice. I have the patience and will give it a try. I
have no problem with slow growth, as I always enjoy the journey and often find it more rewarding than the destination. |
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[IBC] Boxwood Question
Thanks for the advice. I have the patience and will give it a try. I
have no problem with slow growth, as I always enjoy the journey and often find it more rewarding than the destination. |
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[IBC] Boxwood Question
Michael
I would like to see you Buxus. I have a number of common box, I suppose Buxus microphylla. That I have been working with for 15 years or more and I am not sure they are yet presentable. I do put them in the lobby at work from time to time, but that is not a critical audience. Billy on the Florida Space Coast BSF Annual Convention May 28 - 31, 2004 Radisson Hotel, Cape Canaveral, Florida Sponsored by The Bonsai Society of Brevard and the Treasure Coast Bonsai Society http://www.bonsaisocietyofbrevard.org/2004/2004.html ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Boxwood Question
Michael
I would like to see you Buxus. I have a number of common box, I suppose Buxus microphylla. That I have been working with for 15 years or more and I am not sure they are yet presentable. I do put them in the lobby at work from time to time, but that is not a critical audience. Billy on the Florida Space Coast BSF Annual Convention May 28 - 31, 2004 Radisson Hotel, Cape Canaveral, Florida Sponsored by The Bonsai Society of Brevard and the Treasure Coast Bonsai Society http://www.bonsaisocietyofbrevard.org/2004/2004.html ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Boxwood Question
I have two urbanly collected Buxus sempervirens or
English Boxwood in my collection. I collected them from the front yard of my house. They did take a while to develop, but they have been rewarding to watch. This is hedge material, it can be pruned to within an inch of its life and recover. It can sprout new branches from old wood. I like it as a bonsai material. My club, Kusamura Bonsai in Palo Alto, CA has an annual show. We create sale trees to sell and pay show expenses. This year we have a couple of young landscapers in our club. They had a client that wanted to get rid of some boxwood. So the night before a planting party, they dug them up. Nice 1 to 1.5 inch trunks with excellent nebari. I had the opportunity to work with several of these. They shaped up quickly and will be wonderful trees in about 5 years or more. These trees and consignment trees from private collections will be on sale at our annual show held April 23 & 24th at De Anza College in Cupertino California. We will be across the street from the Cupertino Cherry Blosson Festival. So you can get two events in on outing. Demonstrations will be held at 1:30 pm each day with a benefit drawing for the demo tree and other plants afterwards. Our demonstrators include Sandy Planting, who, as a nursery man's daughter has been working with green material since childhood. She has a vast knowledge of how things grow and adds this knowledge to her excellence in the art of bonsai. She will share the stage with Lonnie McCormick on Sturday and Jim Ransahoff on Sunday. Lonnie has done regular and extensive studies with his bonsai achieving some excellnet results, especially with collected material. Jim Ransohoff is another club veteran who has been a landscape architect as well as having an excellent bonsai collection. He has a donated planting in the collection at Lake Merit in Oalkand. I don't thing these demonstrators would be offended if I say they have over 150 years of experience between them. I hope to see some of you at the show as I am the show chair this year. Kitsune Miko aka Sandy Vrooman (which is another long story for another time) ===== "Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princes(ses) who are only waiting to see us act just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that needs our love." -- Rainer Maria Rilke ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Boxwood Question
I have two urbanly collected Buxus sempervirens or
English Boxwood in my collection. I collected them from the front yard of my house. They did take a while to develop, but they have been rewarding to watch. This is hedge material, it can be pruned to within an inch of its life and recover. It can sprout new branches from old wood. I like it as a bonsai material. My club, Kusamura Bonsai in Palo Alto, CA has an annual show. We create sale trees to sell and pay show expenses. This year we have a couple of young landscapers in our club. They had a client that wanted to get rid of some boxwood. So the night before a planting party, they dug them up. Nice 1 to 1.5 inch trunks with excellent nebari. I had the opportunity to work with several of these. They shaped up quickly and will be wonderful trees in about 5 years or more. These trees and consignment trees from private collections will be on sale at our annual show held April 23 & 24th at De Anza College in Cupertino California. We will be across the street from the Cupertino Cherry Blosson Festival. So you can get two events in on outing. Demonstrations will be held at 1:30 pm each day with a benefit drawing for the demo tree and other plants afterwards. Our demonstrators include Sandy Planting, who, as a nursery man's daughter has been working with green material since childhood. She has a vast knowledge of how things grow and adds this knowledge to her excellence in the art of bonsai. She will share the stage with Lonnie McCormick on Sturday and Jim Ransahoff on Sunday. Lonnie has done regular and extensive studies with his bonsai achieving some excellnet results, especially with collected material. Jim Ransohoff is another club veteran who has been a landscape architect as well as having an excellent bonsai collection. He has a donated planting in the collection at Lake Merit in Oalkand. I don't thing these demonstrators would be offended if I say they have over 150 years of experience between them. I hope to see some of you at the show as I am the show chair this year. Kitsune Miko aka Sandy Vrooman (which is another long story for another time) ===== "Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princes(ses) who are only waiting to see us act just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that needs our love." -- Rainer Maria Rilke ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Boxwood Question
--- Francine Mcgowan wrote:
Thanks for the advice. I have the patience and will give it a try. I have no problem with slow growth, as I always enjoy the journey and often find it more rewarding than the destination. Francine, This approach should show you some great beauty as you take this journey. As bonsai are living plants (or beings) we gain more from traveling with them a their pace instead of draging them along at our speed. With care, the will be here longer than us humans. Kitsune Miko ===== "Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princes(ses) who are only waiting to see us act just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that needs our love." -- Rainer Maria Rilke ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Boxwood Question
--- Francine Mcgowan wrote:
Thanks for the advice. I have the patience and will give it a try. I have no problem with slow growth, as I always enjoy the journey and often find it more rewarding than the destination. Francine, This approach should show you some great beauty as you take this journey. As bonsai are living plants (or beings) we gain more from traveling with them a their pace instead of draging them along at our speed. With care, the will be here longer than us humans. Kitsune Miko ===== "Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princes(ses) who are only waiting to see us act just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that needs our love." -- Rainer Maria Rilke ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Boxwood Question
In a message dated 4/3/2004 9:15:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,
writes: I would like to see yout Buxus. I have a number of common box, I suppose Buxus microphylla. That I have been working with for 15 years or more and I am not sure they are yet presentable. Soon . . . );-) I need to complete the carving refinement and some additional wiring. I will then get a photo up on the site. I appreciate the interest. Cordially, Michael Persiano members.aol.com/iasnob ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Boxwood Question
Michael Persiano wrote:
In a message dated 4/2/2004 4:40:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, writes: I have a small boxwood, less than 1 foot tall, that seems like it could be used as a starter plant for my first attempt at a bonsai. Is this a good choice? Has a good trunk with character. Advice welcome. Friend: snip Superfeeding (frequent feeding) is recommended to ensure that each growing season delivers maximal foliar accumulations. If you are working with Buxus microphylla var. japonica, expect no more than 1 inch of new growth per year. If you are working iwth Buxus microphylla 'Kingsville Dwarf'--the slow growing form selected by Henry Holman--expect 1/2 inch per year. While Buxus is a rewarding specimen, I believe it challenges the talent of both the beginner and expert as a specimen whose calculated development can yield remarkable results. Cordially, Michael Persiano members.aol.com/iasnob I have a few years' experience with Kingsville boxwoods, and find them a wondeful variety to work with. In my climate (Orange County, NY, Zone 5b/6a) they won't quite make it outdoors all winter, so I bring them in around Thanksgiving. They stay under fluorescent lights during the winter in a cooler part of the house, and have done fine. I don't have much experience with other varieties of boxwood, but I suspect that this is the only variety that can come indoors for the winter. During the growing season outdoors my boxwoods stay in partial sun, resulting in nice, tight foliage. Despite the slow growth I have found they are remarkably quick in growing foliage. In the span of three years I have developed an example that has nicely formed foliage pads and doesn't have the "pom-pom" look that is difficult to avoid. With developing the foliage pads it is important to pinch new growth. With fertilizing I fertilize fairly heavily during the outdoor season, and not as much when they're indoors. I'm finding that indoors with a lot of fertilizer the leaves may tend to be larger. I have another two which I'm developing, one is repotted into a bonsai pot now, and in a few days I'll do the other. The foliage pads need some refinement but they're coming along. These two trees I've had only since late summer last year, and during the winter have progressed well since their initial styling. I have found that a good way to achieve ramification is to prune just like a maple, since boxwoods grow with opposite buds. I cut off the central shoot and leave the side shoots. keep \ /cut \/___ keep keep / _________/ ____ cut \ \keep Craig Cowing NY Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37 ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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[IBC] Boxwood Question
In a message dated 4/3/2004 9:15:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,
writes: I would like to see yout Buxus. I have a number of common box, I suppose Buxus microphylla. That I have been working with for 15 years or more and I am not sure they are yet presentable. Soon . . . );-) I need to complete the carving refinement and some additional wiring. I will then get a photo up on the site. I appreciate the interest. Cordially, Michael Persiano members.aol.com/iasnob ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by John Quinn++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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