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1-Nov-2002
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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
Join Date: Sep-2002
Location: chicago
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Dream Bonsai
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I figured I'd start this thread on the same basis that Whidn did his. To get to know all of you a little better and maybe to see something different that I hadn't already. What is the top 5 bonsai you would one day hope to achieve/obtain? For me, my dream bonsai would be as follows… [1] A Birch group planting on a slab, maybe a nice dark grey one to contrast the stark white bark of the Birch [2] An ancient Azelea with bi-colored flowers and hollowed-out trunk; i've seen a picture of this as a child and it has been with me ever since. [3] A raft planting that spirals up a verticle cliff. The tree would have to be a conifer, maybe an edo spruce, white pine or a utah juniper. [4] A clump style Maple, Either Japanese or Trident. This one would have to be at least 24" tall. [5] This slot is still kind of open, maybe some flowering tree root-over-rock. Something like a Pyracantha or Chrysanthemum. Oh, I might have to add Potentilla. Paul just turned me on to that species. I really like that tree of his. Last edited by freakwent : 1-Nov-2002 at 01:29 PM. |
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1-Nov-2002
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bonsaiTALK Artisan
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Well, heres mine.
1) An acient Bluce Spruce forest accented with some nice grass, with a little ritual going on inside the forest (I hope to be able to scuplt good enough to make my own little dudes). Never seen one but I can picture it in my head. 2) A Weeping Willow bonsai. (I will soon, the cutting is 2 months old and doing quite nicely. 3) Trident Maple forest. 4) A Blue Moss Spruce. 5) And a Jap. black pine. |
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4-Nov-2002
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
Join Date: Oct-2002
Posts: 47
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Well I'm new to the art so I don't have a defined list of dream trees. Here's a few that are on my ambition list.
1) A aspen forest, high altitude so not sure if they'll work. 2) An ancient trident maple or japanese maple. 3) A maple forest 4) A nice cherry tree or other flowering fruit tree, maybe apricot. |
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4-Nov-2002
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Tropical bonsai
Join Date: May-2002
Location: Guatemala
Country: Guatemala
Posts: 579
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I like almost all trees, but one is a coffee tree, I'm waiting to get some seeds, this trees grow fast...
Another one should be a Hinoki (As the one in the main page here, like 2 feet tall... Mines are still as seeds, so maybe in 10 or more years  )Then I would like a Black Pine, just bought one, I'm still thinking what to do with him... I would like an informal upright... Then, I would like to get a nice shohin inf. upright Eugenia, already working on it, I'll let it a time in a box to let it thicken... Lastly, all of my developing trees...
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4-Nov-2002
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Hi,
My ultimate goal is to make : 1) a very large, thick, gnarly oak (quercus robur) with fantastic ramification and small leaves. Just like Walter Pall can make them. 2) a convincing large ancient natural looking beech (fagus sylvatica) or hornbeam (carpinus betulus) forest planting on a slab. 3) a thick ramified japanese black pine (pinus thunbergii) but I would have to learn how to keep pines alive first. (didn't succeed in doing so until now) regards, René |
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4-Nov-2002
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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
Join Date: Nov-2001
Posts: 66
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Is that the hornbeam in the pic?
It's beautiful. The older I get the more I appreciate decidious bonsai in winter (could it be it's because I've lost some of my own canopy?). JLK |
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4-Nov-2002
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Mr. Kristopher
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Hrmm. My top 5? that is hard... umm let me think...
First I think I would like a cascading or semi cascade purple plum in flower.... Last I would like a Scheflerra with some nice banyan rooots. In between I think I would go for in any order... Informal Black Pine Informal Pomegranite or a nicely done jinned shimpaku cascading/semi cascade crab apple I however have seen some great tree's I would like, but I think those are main ones..
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5-Nov-2002
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bonsaiTALK Master
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Here are my 5 choices,
1. Really old informal cork oak 2. A thick trunked Japanese Black Pine 3. A old coastal redwood with a hollow trunk 4. A nicely ramified semi-cascade shimpaku 5. A heavy trunk chinese maple with nice ramifacation Adam |
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5-Nov-2002
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
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Hmm... so many ideas...
1. A monstrous collected Bald Cypress swamp/forest- something on the order of magnitude of 8' long, showing the variations in BC growth forms... 2. A really nice formal upright, preferably japanese Black Pine. 3. a sepcimen collection of all the Texas natives... 4. A Nan Han Bo (Vietnamese rock planting) for my deck... 5. A "gnome's hat" grotesquley exaggerated taper-styled Trident. Already got the start of one... Jim TX |
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5-Nov-2002
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Tree herder
 
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Hmmm, let's see...
#1: a big (3') fagus sylvatica, european beech, informal, (working on that one...) . Great vibrant spring colour, excellent autumn colour, keeps the autumn colour leaves throughout winter. #2: a shohin sorbus aucuparia, rowan. 2" caliper, 10" tall. Informal. Again, great spring colour, great autumn colour. #3: Big larix decidua, larch, group. Must be a least 2' long containing 20+ trees. #4: THIS ginkgo. Awesome. #5: A nice fat quercus robur, english oak. All gnarled and twisted, 18" tall. chunky dark pot. #6: A big stately ulmus procera, english elm. 2' tall, nice big rounded well ramified canopy. Sadly rare now due to dutch elm disease. #7: ANY southern/ mountain beech (nothofagus sp. ) from New Zealand. I remember these from when I lived in Te Anau, South Island . #8: oh, sorry. only meant to be 5. the list could go on and on... Regards TB
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