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30-Jun-2004
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I have to agree with Matt. I don't think that even a very very good Thuja makes anything like a half-decent bonsai.
It always looks like a 1970's rockery tree to me...  Jerry Amsterdam
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3-Jul-2004
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I agree with Matt. Young Thuja just don't have the right stuff for bonsai but beauty is in the eye of you know who.
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4-Jul-2004
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Hi All,
I finally find a topic that I feel good about commenting on! I too agree and disagree about thuga as a bonsai subject. Here is one I consider good and with more refinment ( which comes with more years in the pot and more work)The tree is styled by Suthin Sukolvisit I tried to insert a hyper link but don't know if it worked. http://www.royalbonsaigarden.com/pi...o1051368166.gif . I collect thuga and enjoy them very much . Yes they do have problem foliage but can be beautiful. Arthur Skolnik has also done some very refined thuga ( also from Toronto) if I recall one was selected for JAL top 100 entry a year or two ago.There is also one in my gallery that has only been worked on for three or 4 years and I am about to completely restyle it (though not because of the foliage) To state the opposite side as well , I don't think they are a beginner tree and yes young nursury stock is always about useless as it will never have the character of a collected tree. So both sides imho are correct. As stated beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I just love the smell lf the tree when I work on it and at least for me it stirs memories . I think in it's final stages of development it can be somewhat refined without loosing all of it's wildness. Regards Jonathan
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5-Jul-2004
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Heres a collected Thuja that a friend of mine owns. It has some growing to do yet, but it will be very nice (IMO) in a couple of seasons.
Paul
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7-Jul-2004
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Matt, your points are well made. The thuja you liked is one of Reiner Goebel's trees (there is another one on the same site) . Both he and John Biel have some very nice collected trees, some of which I have had the pleasure of seeing.
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