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I'll throw in my $.02 worth. I guess I'm in the middle on this subject. One of my best trees, a procumbens juniper, is one I traded a bunch of collected material for, valued at $100 at the time. I've had it for about three years and it's still one of my best trees. It came from a bonsai nursery and had already had some work done on it.

At the same time, I have done a lot of collecting in the wild, and I also scan nurseries for the back row that has all the "rejects."

A very good future tree is one that my wife found by the side of the road last week. Somebody had dumped several large azaleas, a big yew, and a big box leaf holly in the ditch. We rescued several. She let me have the yew. All will probably survive. It was, quite literally, somebody's trash, from someone who didn't feel like paying to dump them.

Don't underestimate the value of suburban yamadori. There is always someone who has an overgrown shrub they need to get rid of.

Craig Cowing
NY
Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37

5-Jan-2005	#52
Craig Cowing Recovering Workaholic Join Date: Aug-2002 Location: Orange County NY Country: USA USDA Zone: 6a!!! AHS Heat Zone: 5 Posts: 647	I'll throw in my $.02 worth. I guess I'm in the middle on this subject. One of my best trees, a procumbens juniper, is one I traded a bunch of collected material for, valued at $100 at the time. I've had it for about three years and it's still one of my best trees. It came from a bonsai nursery and had already had some work done on it. At the same time, I have done a lot of collecting in the wild, and I also scan nurseries for the back row that has all the "rejects." A very good future tree is one that my wife found by the side of the road last week. Somebody had dumped several large azaleas, a big yew, and a big box leaf holly in the ditch. We rescued several. She let me have the yew. All will probably survive. It was, quite literally, somebody's trash, from someone who didn't feel like paying to dump them. Don't underestimate the value of suburban yamadori. There is always someone who has an overgrown shrub they need to get rid of. Craig Cowing NY Zone 5b/6a Sunset 37 __________________ I'm not finished yet, neither are my trees.