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SoulJAH
Join Date: Sep-2006
Location: Jasper, Tx
Country: Babylon
Posts: 119
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hoping to lauch a bonsai website... help needed
Ok well I recently had the opportunity to purchase multiple websites with the upgrade of my personal business one. One of these happens to be www.southeasttexasyamadori.moonfruit.com (it will lose the .moonfuit part in a week or two when I buy a real domain).
What I need help with is pictures and articles concerning specific species. I need permission to use pictures of individual trees and permission to use articles on species specific care. Any help is very much appreciated and in exchange for pictures or articles, I am willing to add a link your personal or business website and cite you as creator/owner of trees. It's not much but it's all I can do. Southeast Texas bonsai enthusiasm is a bit lacking, especially after the last hurricane (Rita) which, hear tell, has destroyed quite a few collections.
The main goal of the website is to encourage local enthusiasts to grow native species and raise awareness about many of the species that may be overlooked by the local artist. Sparkleberry, Chinaberry, Willow Oak, Dogwood, and American Holly are a few of the species that grow plentifully around here but is lesser known locally as bonsai-able. You don't have to be from the area to submit pictures or articles, but if you are in the area I suggest you check it out!
Keep in mind that the site is very new but I hope to be able to expand it over the course of the next year until I have the opportunity to renew the website or delete it. If I can grow the website and have some success at obtaining (mainly picture) resources then I will gladly renew it for another year.
These are the trees that I am requesting information on:
Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua)
American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
Eastern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria)
European Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
Pin Oak (Quercus palustris)
Willow Oak (Quercus phallos)
Red Swamp Maple (Acer rubrum 'drumondii')
Chinaberry (Erythrina corallodendrum)
Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum)
Cork Elm/Winged Elm (Ulmus neri)
Pine (Ponderosa, Loblolly)
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
American Holly (Ilex opaca)
Dogwood (Cornus)
Beech (Fagus)
Any locals are also more than welcome to add a suitable species to the list.
Thanks in advance for any help with this project and let me know what you think.
Craig
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