|
|
|||||||
| Register | FAQ | Members List | Calendar | Mark Forums Read |
| Forum | Gallery | Weather | Journals | Links | Webring | Wiki | NEW:Shop |
| Articles | Opinion | T.O.D. | NEW:Radio | Contests | Humor | NEW: Auctions! | Donate |
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes | ||
|
| ||||
3-Apr-2007
|
#1 |
|
Root Collecter
 
|
Rare Spruces For Sale
I have a few rare spruces for sale. They are old (40-135 yrs) but very small. A conservative estimate is 85 years per inch. You can view some of them at: ColoradoBonsai.com I have more available if you don't see one that you like. You can also email me at ColoradoBonsai@aol.com
Sincerely, |
|
|
|
Sponsor Message
|
Rare Spruces For Sale |
|
Forum Sponsor
|
|
|
3-Apr-2007
|
#2 |
|
bonsaiTALK Artisan
Join Date: May-2006
Location: Dauphin Island, Ala.
Country: United States
USDA Zone: 8b-9
AHS Heat Zone: 9-10
Posts: 123
|
Beautiful spruce! I can only wish for trees such as these, as I am not yet experienced enough to attempt keeping these kinds of trees alive. I live on the gulf coast. Can Colorado spruce live and thrive down here?
Libby |
|
|
|
|
4-Apr-2007
|
#3 |
|
Root Collecter
|
I'm not sure how these would do down there. They were collected above 9000 ft. and the winters up there are brutally cold. They need a period of dormancy.
|
|
|
|
|
29-Apr-2007
|
#4 |
|
Grower of potted sticks
|
How are you able to tell how old these trees are ?
BTW,trunks are usually measured by the circumference of the base,not across.There is now way a spruce collected at over 90 years of age,could have a 2" trunk measurement. |
|
|
|
|
29-Apr-2007
|
#5 |
|
bonsaiTALK Master Chief
 
Join Date: Jan-2004
Location: South Texas
Country: U.S.A.
USDA Zone: 9-10
AHS Heat Zone: 11
Posts: 1,195
|
I'm curious as to just who "usually" measure trunks by circumference?I've been in the nursery business off and on for 30 years and I've always seen trees sold by caliper..which is the diameter.
andy
__________________
http://pittmandavis.com/ |
|
|
|
|
29-Apr-2007
|
#6 | |
|
bonsaiTALK ArchMaster
|
Quote:
Sure there is, many old trees small in stature are collected and made into bonsai. Size does not always represent a great age in the wild. Unlike a landscaping area outside a mall for example there is not always the automatic sprinkler system or employees to remove all the troot trapping stones from the soil before things are planted. Throw in some poor soil condiditons, a dozen or so bigger trees to hog most of the sunlight plus a few deer and you have barely grasped some of natures tricks into keeping trees small for long periods of time. |
|
|
|
|
|
29-Apr-2007
|
#7 |
|
Swede
|
"trunks are usually measured by the circumference of the base,not across."'
No, the diameter is the usual way, wich is across. "There is now way a spruce collected at over 90 years of age,could have a 2" trunk measurement." Yes way. Often you have to use a magnifying glass (or even a microscope) to count the rings on yamadori from where I live. Trees growing in boggy sites or at high altitude sometimes have rings that are more narrow than half a millimeter.
__________________
If you can read this you don't need glasses. |
|
|
|
|
29-Apr-2007
|
#8 |
|
bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
|
....or grown in a crack in a rock. It's a hard life, keeps them small.
zube
__________________
Sorry doesn't put thumbs back on the hand, Marge. H. Simpson |
|
|
|
|
29-Apr-2007
|
#9 |
|
bonsaiTALK Master Chief
 
Join Date: Apr-2006
Location: Lakeland - Florida
Country: United States
USDA Zone: 9A
AHS Heat Zone: 11
Posts: 1,004
|
Nice stuff Todd. It's a shame I can't have one due to my location. I have a couple of Andy's ponderosa and they are doing lovely here but spruce - I don't think that would happen.
I'll have to get your location when I come to Denver to visit the brother in law in a couple of years. Finally something (new) to do in Denver - thanks!
__________________
There is unrest in the Forest
There is trouble with the trees For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas. |
|
|
|
|
30-Apr-2007
|
#10 | |
|
Behr Appleby
|
Quote:
Mr. Andy, while it is certainly true that the majority of nursery people, government records, lumber harvest people, and bonsai people measure all trunks in the terms of diameter, I am also quite certain there are many trees sold on e-bay and the like that are quoted in circumference...I also think this measurement is often used when people are trying to 'hype' what material they have...Unfortunately, even good bonsai folks seem to use measurements that include the root crown or even the root spread when attempting to 'hype' a tree for selling or 'bragging' purposes... Mr. rschlafer, Like several of the others have mentioned, I too wish this species would survive here in the deep south...You have some nice looking trees for sale here... Regards Behr 
__________________
As the Master departed the workshop, he could have sworn he heard some one saying rather loudly... "I thought he would never leave" San Antonio Bonsai Society, Inc. |
|
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Rare Trees | ozzerbon | Show & Tell | 10 | 25-Feb-2006 01:41 AM |
| New Style or Rare Style!!! | Elm237 | General | 18 | 14-May-2005 09:33 AM |
| Why Deciduous Literati Are Rare (one word) | oldmistercrow | Show & Tell | 10 | 17-Nov-2002 07:26 PM |
| Rare Earth Magnets & Bonsai | JLK | General | 8 | 5-Nov-2002 11:47 PM |
Linear Mode
