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14-Mar-2006

ozzerbon

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Picea Identification Please

Howdy Folks,

Bought this tree about two years ago, unknown Picea form, can anyone help to identify it from the one and only pic that I have.

It is still in the bonsai nursery where I bought it, waiting for me to get lucky and find me a place with a garden.

Regards,
Nigel

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14-Mar-2006	#2
weeijk bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: Nov-2004 Location: Apeldoorn Country: Netherlands USDA Zone: 7-8 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 799	Hi Nigel, It´s somekind of Tsuga or Hemlock fir, specific species I don´t know. It´s a very slow grower, isn´t oft used for bonsai for all I know. Regards, Wessel __________________ Every tree can be a bonsai, but only some will be.

22-Mar-2006	#3
mgodbee bonsaiTALK Expert Join Date: Aug-2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Country: USA USDA Zone: 8 AHS Heat Zone: 8 Posts: 176	Hard to tell from the picture but I believe it is probably Picea abies 'Nidiformis' also called a "bird's nest spruce"... They are slow growers and grow in random whirling patterns unlike most spruce... Don't take that to the bank though...

22-Mar-2006	#4
Vance Wood bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Sep-2002 Location: Roseville Michigan Country: USA USDA Zone: 5/6 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 2,329	Looks like a cultivar of Norway Spruce. Picea Abies forma pendula--Weeping Spruce. It most definately is not Birds Nest, the growth is too long and open and not stiff enough and the needles are too long. __________________ The only finished bonsai is a dead one; me 1992 MABA Des Moines Iowa

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