Tidal Bonsai
Omono
Anyone have any Beautyberry they want to sell?
My bad that's porcelain berry. Bill Valavanis has a few beautyberries.That could be difficult. It's an invasive species in NY.
Photo by W. N. Valavanis.It was a pretty amazing plant This is not the one at the GSBF show (I didn't take any photos of it) but a different beautyberry - but you can tell how striking it can be.
With cold weather arriving I am on a winter fruiting tree bender
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yeah, it's on my short list..Then the hunt is on...
There is American beautyberry and Japanese beautyberry. My understanding is that they have different growth habits, but I have very little experience with the plant. I just picked up my first Japanese beautyberry at the GSBF show a couple of months ago.
A Japanese beautyberry shohin there sold for $550. It was there the first day and when I came back two days later... gone. It was a mixed relief for one of my friends - who wanted to buy it but the price was a little steep for his bonsai budget that day My beautyberry is not really even pre-bonsai. At this point it is just a plant in a nursery pot.
Yeah, saved me some money there. It was nice but not $550 nice, with it being more of a shrub it's difficult to find one with a reasonably sized single trunk.