Hi Internet Bonsai Club folks. I received the following request, and have not
a clue as I don't know what a "pyracomeles" is.

Can anyone help Joyce who asked the original question, which is:

I attended the Florida Bonsai Convention this past weekend in Cape
Canaveral and bought a pyracomeles styled by Dave DeGroot. I have not been able to
get any specific information as to the care requirements for this beautiful
specimen. I live on the east coast of Florida (Palm City/Stuart area north of
Palm Beach). I checked Tom's plant information associated with your website but
there was nothing about this plant there. I want to give it the care needed
for it to thrive because it has great potential. I would appreciate any
information possible. Signed: Joyce Snodgrass, email:

Thanks,

Tom
Thomas L. Zane
100 Gull Cir N
Daytona Beach, FL 32119-1320

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During the workshop at which he (DeGroot) styled the tree,
someone said treat it like a Pyrocantha. It appears to be a
cross between Pyrocantha and something else (according to someone
else) -- hence the odd name.

Branches are said to have a LONG memory, so the wiring may have
to be redone a couple of times because the tree has a smooth bark
and wire scars would be LONG lasting.

I didn't see you there, Tom ?????

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.



Hi Internet Bonsai Club folks. I received the following
request, and have not
a clue as I don't know what a "pyracomeles" is.

Can anyone help Joyce who asked the original question, which
is:

I attended the Florida Bonsai Convention this past weekend
in Cape
Canaveral and bought a pyracomeles styled by Dave DeGroot. I
have not been able to
get any specific information as to the care requirements for
this beautiful
specimen. I live on the east coast of Florida (Palm
City/Stuart area north of
Palm Beach). I checked Tom's plant information associated with
your website but
there was nothing about this plant there. I want to give it
the care needed
for it to thrive because it has great potential. I would
appreciate any
information possible. Signed: Joyce Snodgrass, email:


Thanks,

Tom
Thomas L. Zane
100 Gull Cir N
Daytona Beach, FL 32119-1320


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xPyracomeles vilmorinii — (0°f, USDA Zones 7-9) This is an interesting
bigeneric cross of a Pyracantha and an Osteomeles! The result is a small,
semi-evergreen shrub with a spreading habit that has small, rounded, compound
leaves. Clusters of small white flowers lead to coral-red berries later in the
season.
Iris,
Central NY, Zone 5a, Sunset Zone 40
"If we see light at the end of the tunnel, It's the light of the oncoming
train."
Robert Lowell (1917-1977)

The good news - it doesn't have the thorns of a Pyracantha. The bad
news (from my own, sad personal experiences) - it is just as
susceptable to fireblight as Pyracantha.

Brian


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In a message dated 6/1/2004 9:03:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:

xPyracomeles vilmorinii — (0°f, USDA Zones 7-9) This is an interesting
bigeneric cross of a Pyracantha and an Osteomeles! The result is a small,
semi-evergreen shrub with a spreading habit that has small, rounded,
compound
leaves. Clusters of small white flowers lead to coral-red berries later in
the
season.

Well, small is a relative term. Before David DeGroot worked on it the plant
in a 15 gallon pot measures about 8 feet high by 6 feet wide. He reduced it
to a few major trunks and a few small branches, but it was still over four
feet above the pot and as wide as the 15 gallon pot.

I was there.

Billy on the Florida Space Coast
Vendor Chair
BSF Annual Convention July 1 - 4, 2005 Radisson Hotel, Cape Canaveral,
Florida
Workshops with Jerry Meislek of Whitefish, Montana and Chase Rosade of New
Hope, PA.

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