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Bonsai Master, in my mind
Join Date: Feb-2005
Location: Back Home in Northern California
Country: USA
Posts: 1,919
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G'day Zen...
There is a Xylosma congestum in Porterville, CA that is registered as a California Big Tree. It is 31 feet high, with a trunk circumference of 50 inches and a spread of 35 feet for a total of 90 points.
Sunset says it works in Climate Zones 8 through 24.
This information is from the Urban Forest Ecosystems, College of Agriculture,
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California.
I have one here in Oracle...it's doing well. However, I really haven't had any experience with it.
Xylosma is native to the Orient...China, Japan, maybe both.
It looks to me like you're off to a good start with yours. Good luck with it.
Pat
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THE ONLY WAY: Always remember, and don't ever forget, that whatever you read here is not cast in concrete... the intent of any advice is to help. In no way should you feel that I’m saying that my way is the only way…heaven forbid! I've seen far too much of the "my way or the highway" attitude in bonsai as well as in other areas of life.
Pat Patterson...Bonsai in the Greater Bay Area, Northern California
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