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Old 12-Jan-2006   #6
bonsainotwar
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Originally Posted by Cordon
The seeds I have recently sown are Mountain Mahogany, Cercocarpus montanus. To my knowledge hardly anyone is using it for bonsai. It's a western US deciduous shrub. It grows wild from Oklahoma to Catalina Island.

I followed what information I could find on the net to treat the seeds and help germinate them.

Basically I'm trying to develop a plan while I wait for them to take root.

Cord
I have a beauty,I posted pictures of in a bonsai closeup section here.My trunk is almost as big around as an old silver dollar.I love it.It's great material,but why bother with seeds? Buy a five or ten gallon garden center plant,like I did.
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