Blue Spruce

Moni

For my parents 50th anniversary we gave all of the guests blue spruce saplings. I have saved mine, planted in the ground, in the hopes of someday bonsaiing it. I have not seen this in any of my books as a plant that you can bonsai. I am taking this to mean that this will not work with this plant. Any ideas?
At this point, the spruce is 5 years old and is about 3 ft. tall. My mother is now gone and it would be of special meaning to me if I could make this work. But if not, oh well.
Moni

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Sorry, I don't know all my spruces by common name. Is this the Colorado Blue Spruce [i:5d795f11a2]Picea pungens glauca[/i:5d795f11a2]?

If so, Vance wood has one on the www.bonsaiweb.com show site:

http://www.bonsaiweb.com/show/showtree.cgi?15

bonsaietc.com sells them as seedlings for bonsai,
(but they can't spell conifer)

http://www.bonsaietc.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/bonsaietc_shop_seedling_v2_p2.htm?E+scstore

and there is an interesting blue spruce over ath the Glory of Bonsai

http://www.town.hall.org/places/bonsai/bonsai10.jpg

In any case, I say, "Go for it!"

Regards,

Matt

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Moni

Thanks Matt. I was probably going to "give it a go" anyway. I guess I just needed to see if anyone else had tried it. Call me a sentimental fool. This could turn into another one of those learning experiences that bonsai keeps insisting on.
Loved the sites, by the way. With music, no less.
Moni