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bonsaiTALK Expert
Join Date: Sep-2003
Location: Ellsworth
Country: USA
Posts: 173
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People have been talking here about junipes as if they were all temperate zone plants. That is what I thought too, until about 3 days ago.
I've been reading up on juniper taxonomy, and I've found the following.
J. brevifolia-Azores Juniper
J. cedrus-Canary Island Juniper
J. angosturana-Mexican Juniper
J. barbadensis-West Indies Juniper
J. bermudiana-Bermuda Juniper
J. convallium-Mekong Juniper (Viet Nam)
J. procera-East African Juniper (only juniper with a natural range crossing the equater.)
I know, none of this applies to this discussion. Two reasons:
1 None of these are readily availible to those on this group.
2 All of these are still high light plants, as in full sun. Still not indoor plants, unless you can afford pricy lights and a high electric bill, which some can but not me.
I do wonder why people in the tropics aren't growing juniper bonsai, since adapted junipers are availible. Or are they just not showing them? Maybe just too snobby to show us their good trees.
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Waltseed
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