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9-May-2007	#1
AMKhalid bonsaiTALK Adept Join Date: Mar-2007 Location: Greater Toronto Area Country: Canada USDA Zone: 5a AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 214	Excellent Article on Redwoods Hey hey... Many of you have probably heard of the new book by Richard Preston - "The Wild Trees" which talks about the "hidden worlds" that exist in the canopy of old redwood forests. He has been promoting his book on many talkshows lately. This is an article by him on the same topic (perhaps written before the book was finished?). It is fascinating. He even mentions BONSAI!!!! But I'll let you find out what hes talking about Check it out: http://www.wesjones.com/climbing1.htm Enjoy!

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9-May-2007	#2
anttal63 bend me twist me Join Date: Jul-2006 Location: melbourne Country: australia Posts: 2,076	wow that is amazing! thanks 4 that. __________________ Antonio . . . ------------------------------------

10-May-2007

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Sillett has discovered small trees - wild bonsai - in the canopy. The species include California bay laurel trees, western hemlocks, Douglas firs, and tan oaks. Sillett once found an eight-foot Sitka spruce growing on the limb of a giant redwood.

It's funny, my only collected sitka spruce, growing in my backyard, was collected growing on the branch of a giant redwood. It is very old, and naturally miniaturized, only one foot tall. All I had to do, was to carefully pluck it off the branch.
Collecting yamadori from redwood branches is probably the best kept secret in the bonsai world. It requires no digging, you get totally miniature trees, and 100% survival rate is almost guaranteed.

Very fascinating article, thanks for the link.

10-May-2007	#4
AMKhalid bonsaiTALK Adept Join Date: Mar-2007 Location: Greater Toronto Area Country: Canada USDA Zone: 5a AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 214	so I take it you're a tree climber?

10-May-2007

Attila

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Originally Posted by AMKhalid

so I take it you're a tree climber?

Oh, no

I stopped doing that since I was 10..

But sometimes these little trees growing on branches are just a few feet from the ground, on the lowest branches of the host.

The good thing about these "epiphyte yamadori" is that you can find really small ones, since their root have a very restricted space (as if they were planted in a small pot). So they are great for shohin trees, whereas traditional yamadori tend to be large.

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