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20-Jun-2007	#11
zen GREEN HORN Join Date: Jan-2005 Location: Danielsville GA (Near Athens) Country: U.S. USDA Zone: 7b AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 1,692	Ok so those are called ""chickasaw" plums, thanks for the reply Graydon. Anybody have any of these as bonsai? I started working one into about a 2 1/2-3 ft. literati the other day, should I work with something larger? __________________ "Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity, and that wherever it is so applied it lends an unmistakable quality to the work." ~ Alan Watts (1915-1973) http://www.bonsaiswap.com/

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20-Jun-2007

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Originally Posted by zen

Ok so those are called ""chickasaw" plums, thanks for the reply Graydon. Anybody have any of these as bonsai? I started working one into about a 2 1/2-3 ft. literati the other day, should I work with something larger?

Look at the scale of the leaf and use that as a guide. I don't think they ramify well but the one I saw was very impressive. About 8" to 10" at soil with nice nebari and some dead wood on the trunk. About 30" tall with very good sized branches. It was in bloom so there were no leaves but wow, I was liking what I saw when it was covered in blooms. Apparently it was dug and worked on for half a dozen years. Sorry no photos but I may get back there sometime to snap some.

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20-Jun-2007	#13
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