The Annual Nursery Crawl w/ Badger Bonsai

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I went along on the nursery crawl to Moyer's Nursery in Stoughton, WI, with the Badger Bonsai Society.

When I arrived at the nursery I had no idea what I was going to end up with getting. After strolling around for a hour or so, I asked the owner where is unsightly trees and shrubs were. He said "Way in the back, I put them there because nobody want to see those, you can't miss 'em". Most of everything there was stone dead, but in the middle of the 'pile' were two very nice looking Northern Lights Azaleas, which are very hardy here. And they were still alive.
After finding, in my opinion, the best of the 'ugly', I went on to the shrubs on display near the front of the nursery. There I found a very nice Birds Nest Spruce, which I will be taking to the Bring Your Own workshop.



I have never worked on any Azaleas before sugestions are more that welcome.


First Pic - On the way to the dead and dying pile
Second Pic - The dead and dying at last
Third Pic - a close up of the pile
Fourth Pic - A couple of Dawn Redwoods in the pile
Fifth Pic - A very nice looking spirea from the pile as well that another member grabbed

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First Pic - A demo tree from last years crawl
Second Pic - Bonsai Bob unwiring, and re wiring and stuff
Third - All finished til next year
Fourth - A Scoch Pine from last years crawl

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First Pic - A Northern Lights Azalea from the pile
Second Pic - the root base
Third Pic- The other northern Lights Azalea from the pile
Fourth Pic - the root base
Fifth Pic - The Birds Nest Spruce, not from the pile
Sixth Pic - the trunk line

Like I said above I have never worked with Azalea before. But I couldn't pass these up.
Any tips or tricks for them?

-Paul

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jo schmoo

great pics Paul! the Milwaukee Bonsai Society had their nursery crawl yesterday as well. i couldn't go, unfortunately, but i probably would have died to see the great stock they probably had that i couldn't get anyway ($$).

nice finds,
jo

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