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13-Mar-2004

gilbycantu

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Join Date: Sep-2002

Location: Corpus Christi

Country: USA

USDA Zone: 9b

AHS Heat Zone: ?

Posts: 359

Miniature Forest

Well, yesterday I went to a local nursery and was looking around at the same old stuff they usually have. I thought since spring about here they would have all kinds of new plants. But to my dissapointment there was nothing new. You know how sometimes you get that urge to buy something. Well I had the urge. I saw an asparagus fern and thought I'd do a little mini forest. I also bought some thyme to plant with it. I already had a pot at home that was just the right size for the forest.

Here is the finished mini forest. I put it together this morning in about an hour. This is the first time I used this type of thyme and it looks great as a ground cover. The fern cost $2.50 and the the thyme cost $1. The pot originally costs $5.00.

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13-Mar-2004	#2
grampz Behr Appleby Join Date: Aug-2003 Location: Kyle Tx Country: USA USDA Zone: 8 AHS Heat Zone: 10 Posts: 946	Very cute Gilbert...I would think this would make a nice accent planting for a larger tree...Nice work... Regards Behr

15-Mar-2004	#3
John Dixon Air Assault All The Way. Join Date: Mar-2004 Location: Huntersville, NC (near Charlotte) Country: USA USDA Zone: 7-8 AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 1,690	I like the scale of your project. Very nice initial results. John __________________ John Dixon Si vis pacem parabellum Stay off the trails of others, that's where the booby-traps are.

15-Mar-2004	#4
gilbycantu Bonsai Adventurer Join Date: Sep-2002 Location: Corpus Christi Country: USA USDA Zone: 9b AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 359	Thanks! It definitely is more of an accent plant. This was a fun little project to work on. All it needs now is a little hut. __________________ Gilbert Cantu Time heals all wounds, unless you pick at them. --Shawn Alexander

15-Mar-2004	#5
agraham bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Jan-2004 Location: South Texas Country: U.S.A. USDA Zone: 9-10 AHS Heat Zone: 11 Posts: 1,193	Gilbert, really nice composition....it reminds me of a clump of bamboo andy

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