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Planting hedges now Bonsai
Here are 17 pages of photos from our national collection.
http://bonsaihunk.8m.com/pic/nat/nat.html I'll have to find that story about the one in the collection that survived the bombing of Hiroshima...Here it is! http://www.bonsai-nbf.org/nbf/hiroshimasurvivor/ This tree is estimated to be 375 years old and is the oldest one in our national collection...after surviving a nuclear blast! -- John T. Jarrett http://logontexas.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Web Design - Program - Host - Maintain - Databases - E-Commerce $9.95 Nationwide Dial-Up ISP new customers welcome... --------------------------------------------------------------- "animaux" wrote in message ... Unfortunately, I have people they are promised to. They dig, I watch! They've been in the ground 3 years, approximately, and were one gallon when they started. I'd say have the red pencil sticks, not something great and mature. I've always wanted to learn bonsai. Have you ever seen a collection which was 300 years old? One time at a museum in NYC (where I'm from) they had an exhibit of the oldest bonsai they know of. Simply amazing. v On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 08:13:12 -0600, "John T. Jarrett" wrote: Yep, excepting the horribly invasive Tallow, a _very_ impressive list! And yard....looks great. One of the tiny, nearly unused Reed Parks on Lake Travis' north shore has one large Chinese Tallow right on the edge of the water...and probably fifty saplings within 20 feet of it. Bad sign for the Lake since those seeds float so well. Victoria, what's the diameter and height of the culms/trunks on the nandina? Might be willing to help. Bonsai folks say they make good bonsai but I haven't tried any yet and them pencil thin ones at the store, well, look like a small grove of red pencils. |
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Planting hedges now Bonsai
thanks for the links. Beautiful. It saddens me that I know so little of this beautiful craft and was
not fully aware of it til I reached my late life. Enjoyed the tour immensley. "John T. Jarrett" wrote: Here are 17 pages of photos from our national collection. http://bonsaihunk.8m.com/pic/nat/nat.html I'll have to find that story about the one in the collection that survived the bombing of Hiroshima...Here it is! http://www.bonsai-nbf.org/nbf/hiroshimasurvivor/ This tree is estimated to be 375 years old and is the oldest one in our national collection...after surviving a nuclear blast! -- John T. Jarrett http://logontexas.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Web Design - Program - Host - Maintain - Databases - E-Commerce $9.95 Nationwide Dial-Up ISP new customers welcome... --------------------------------------------------------------- "animaux" wrote in message ... Unfortunately, I have people they are promised to. They dig, I watch! They've been in the ground 3 years, approximately, and were one gallon when they started. I'd say have the red pencil sticks, not something great and mature. I've always wanted to learn bonsai. Have you ever seen a collection which was 300 years old? One time at a museum in NYC (where I'm from) they had an exhibit of the oldest bonsai they know of. Simply amazing. v On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 08:13:12 -0600, "John T. Jarrett" wrote: Yep, excepting the horribly invasive Tallow, a _very_ impressive list! And yard....looks great. One of the tiny, nearly unused Reed Parks on Lake Travis' north shore has one large Chinese Tallow right on the edge of the water...and probably fifty saplings within 20 feet of it. Bad sign for the Lake since those seeds float so well. Victoria, what's the diameter and height of the culms/trunks on the nandina? Might be willing to help. Bonsai folks say they make good bonsai but I haven't tried any yet and them pencil thin ones at the store, well, look like a small grove of red pencils. -- nTX USDA Z 7B Leona Non Commercial site http://www.geocities.com/tvksi/index.htm |
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Planting hedges now Bonsai
Sure.
Bonsai is not a hobby for the young, it seems. Trees take 5-10 years from when you buy or dig up a plant before they even begin looking like what you expect from photos...lots of patience. Also they need to be watered every day for much of our hot weather. Also they require a budget - which I seem to be missing with young children. Also they require lots of time potting, repotting, mixing your own soils, fertilizing, etc. It is truly a hobby for the middle-aged whose children have gone off or the retired with a real retirement income. I'm just 35 and find myself a bit young in bonsai circles. Not very young, mind you....but definately below the middle! I've recently taken on webmastering the Internet Bonsai Club. Perhaps you'd be interested in flipping through the Gallery where members post pictures and ask for help... http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ag...rnetbonsaiclub I've only worked on integrating the forum/gallery so it is pretty and works well...the rest of the site I haven't had a chance to redo yet so please don't hold the lack of aesthetics against me ;) -- John T. Jarrett http://logontexas.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Web Design - Program - Host - Maintain - Databases - E-Commerce $9.95 Nationwide Dial-Up ISP new customers welcome... --------------------------------------------------------------- "Leona Henderson" wrote in message ... thanks for the links. Beautiful. It saddens me that I know so little of this beautiful craft and was not fully aware of it til I reached my late life. Enjoyed the tour immensley. "John T. Jarrett" wrote: Here are 17 pages of photos from our national collection. http://bonsaihunk.8m.com/pic/nat/nat.html I'll have to find that story about the one in the collection that survived the bombing of Hiroshima...Here it is! http://www.bonsai-nbf.org/nbf/hiroshimasurvivor/ This tree is estimated to be 375 years old and is the oldest one in our national collection...after surviving a nuclear blast! -- John T. Jarrett http://logontexas.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Web Design - Program - Host - Maintain - Databases - E-Commerce $9.95 Nationwide Dial-Up ISP new customers welcome... --------------------------------------------------------------- "animaux" wrote in message ... Unfortunately, I have people they are promised to. They dig, I watch! They've been in the ground 3 years, approximately, and were one gallon when they started. I'd say have the red pencil sticks, not something great and mature. I've always wanted to learn bonsai. Have you ever seen a collection which was 300 years old? One time at a museum in NYC (where I'm from) they had an exhibit of the oldest bonsai they know of. Simply amazing. v On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 08:13:12 -0600, "John T. Jarrett" wrote: Yep, excepting the horribly invasive Tallow, a _very_ impressive list! And yard....looks great. One of the tiny, nearly unused Reed Parks on Lake Travis' north shore has one large Chinese Tallow right on the edge of the water...and probably fifty saplings within 20 feet of it. Bad sign for the Lake since those seeds float so well. Victoria, what's the diameter and height of the culms/trunks on the nandina? Might be willing to help. Bonsai folks say they make good bonsai but I haven't tried any yet and them pencil thin ones at the store, well, look like a small grove of red pencils. -- nTX USDA Z 7B Leona Non Commercial site http://www.geocities.com/tvksi/index.htm |
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Planting hedges now Bonsai
Shoot, I forgot all the terminology the bonsai folks use...
If any of the words trip you up, I'll be glad to define them for you (to the best of my ability anyway ;-) -- John T. Jarrett http://logontexas.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Web Design - Program - Host - Maintain - Databases - E-Commerce $9.95 Nationwide Dial-Up ISP new customers welcome... --------------------------------------------------------------- "John T. Jarrett" wrote in message ... Sure. Bonsai is not a hobby for the young, it seems. Trees take 5-10 years from when you buy or dig up a plant before they even begin looking like what you expect from photos...lots of patience. Also they need to be watered every day for much of our hot weather. Also they require a budget - which I seem to be missing with young children. Also they require lots of time potting, repotting, mixing your own soils, fertilizing, etc. It is truly a hobby for the middle-aged whose children have gone off or the retired with a real retirement income. I'm just 35 and find myself a bit young in bonsai circles. Not very young, mind you....but definately below the middle! I've recently taken on webmastering the Internet Bonsai Club. Perhaps you'd be interested in flipping through the Gallery where members post pictures and ask for help... http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ag...rnetbonsaiclub I've only worked on integrating the forum/gallery so it is pretty and works well...the rest of the site I haven't had a chance to redo yet so please don't hold the lack of aesthetics against me ;) -- John T. Jarrett http://logontexas.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Web Design - Program - Host - Maintain - Databases - E-Commerce $9.95 Nationwide Dial-Up ISP new customers welcome... --------------------------------------------------------------- "Leona Henderson" wrote in message ... thanks for the links. Beautiful. It saddens me that I know so little of this beautiful craft and was not fully aware of it til I reached my late life. Enjoyed the tour immensley. "John T. Jarrett" wrote: Here are 17 pages of photos from our national collection. http://bonsaihunk.8m.com/pic/nat/nat.html I'll have to find that story about the one in the collection that survived the bombing of Hiroshima...Here it is! http://www.bonsai-nbf.org/nbf/hiroshimasurvivor/ This tree is estimated to be 375 years old and is the oldest one in our national collection...after surviving a nuclear blast! -- John T. Jarrett http://logontexas.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Web Design - Program - Host - Maintain - Databases - E-Commerce $9.95 Nationwide Dial-Up ISP new customers welcome... --------------------------------------------------------------- "animaux" wrote in message ... Unfortunately, I have people they are promised to. They dig, I watch! They've been in the ground 3 years, approximately, and were one gallon when they started. I'd say have the red pencil sticks, not something great and mature. I've always wanted to learn bonsai. Have you ever seen a collection which was 300 years old? One time at a museum in NYC (where I'm from) they had an exhibit of the oldest bonsai they know of. Simply amazing. v On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 08:13:12 -0600, "John T. Jarrett" wrote: Yep, excepting the horribly invasive Tallow, a _very_ impressive list! And yard....looks great. One of the tiny, nearly unused Reed Parks on Lake Travis' north shore has one large Chinese Tallow right on the edge of the water...and probably fifty saplings within 20 feet of it. Bad sign for the Lake since those seeds float so well. Victoria, what's the diameter and height of the culms/trunks on the nandina? Might be willing to help. Bonsai folks say they make good bonsai but I haven't tried any yet and them pencil thin ones at the store, well, look like a small grove of red pencils. -- nTX USDA Z 7B Leona Non Commercial site http://www.geocities.com/tvksi/index.htm |
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