Thread: Bonsai. Split from 'Question about camellia oil'

This is a shot of the inside of a bonsai nursery outside of boston mass.Its about a hour and a half from where I live. I go there ocassionally.

The tsubaki looks like it may be interesting(because of camellia oil, I guess).I have a prunus umi(flowering plum) I think that is what it is called in my yard. It is about 12 feet tall now. It has a large 3 inch trunk at the base. I was thinking of making a bonsai out of that because it has a side shoot coming out at the base that I could use. Maybe next year.Here is a picture of the flowering plum in the background.

here is a picture with the shoot i plan to use outlined in white. That is the mume in the background if that is what you were referring to.The shoot is coming out of the ground at ground level. I am planning on chopping with an axe right at the "V" between the two trunks and then let it grow a little to reestablish more roots and maybe a year after that take it out of the ground and put it into a pot for training. The shoot is a little over an inch in diameter.

I tried to have a lavender bonsai this summer but the plant I pulled out of the ground was already deadIt had a beautiful looking trunk even better than this. This upcoming spring I will get one from a nursery.

Here are the rest of my trees.

this is the tree i want to split at the base and make a bonsai from. it is a prunus mume(flowering plum) and has nice small flowers in early spring.I hope it will work.

All of this talk about bonsai has made me want to get some more or start getting ready to work on my trees in the ground. Here is a link of some awesome trees by walter pall: Bonsai Gallery of Walter Pall

Sorry, I've been lurking in this thread. I used to raise a few basic bonsai, and loved it. I became a college student and my living situations just got too tough for bonsai. I never really tired of it. I'd love to get started back up, but I'm poor, so I have to limit my hobbies.

Get something that does not need a lot of light and can grow out of a window. At least that is something. I am waiting until spring and may pull some more trees out of the ground.I can't wait. This hobby can be addicting once you stop killing trees.Although there will always be that one tree that doesn't make it. That is why you shouldn't spend a lot of money on trees.

I must have killed at least twenty or more trees in 12 years.I once got a real nice japanese white pine for about 300 dollars and killed it trying to keep it over the winter. That was my most expensive kill.