|
bonsaiTALK Master
Join Date: Nov-2007
Location: Sierra Mountains, California
Country: USA
Posts: 361
|
Al,
That is an amazing amount of information! Thanks for all the time you put into it. It is too bad that the junipers in the development areas are not desirable. I agree they lack the character that is great bonsai. Are Utah juniper less desirable then Cali or Sierra or are they similar in habit and structure? Some day I would like a stately knarly juniper in my collection but I would still rather avoid removing another cali or sierra. As a life long California desert explorer I have seen the impact of all the combined users. I would have a hard time taking a 300 year old tree from the foothills of the Sierra. It is just my opinion and my personal conviction not a flailing of those who do so with care.
With Utah Juniper significantly more prevalent I am considering seeking a tree in Nevada some day. Do you have any advice on great places to go in Nevada? Does anybody collect there? All I have collected in Nevada are some really amazing opals and agates.
__________________
"What I like about bonsai is that it has a beginning but no end. A bud today becomes a branch tomorrow. It is like searching for the rainbow's end; the farther it is pursued, the farther away it is." John Naka
|