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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
Join Date: Mar-2002
Location: North Central Texas
Country: USA
Posts: 1,000
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Posted by agraham
Thomas,
nice trees.I notice you use procumbens quite a bit...Do the shimpakus not do well in your area or do you just prefer the procumbens(an underused tree in my opinion)
anyway,i'm glad to see someone doing such good work them
andy
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Andy,
To answer your question, I have one shimpaku that I'll probably post once I get it repotted. I have been very fortunate to find a bonsai nursery that sells really good procumbens stock close to where I live. Most garden center type nurseries don't sell good procumbens or shimpaku stock, and that leaves bonsai nurseries the only place to get good stock. Shimpakus tend to be priced pretty expensive at those places, probably because most have been imported. I would prefer to work with shimpakus, but I am just as satisified with the procumbens for now. I wish their trunks had a little more taper to them. That's the only drawback with them. Other than that they are really fun to work with and style.
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Thomas J. 
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