SU2
Omono
I'm near the 9a/9b line on the gulf coast of FL, have spent the past year collecting the few types of local plants I knew could handle being hard-chopped & transplanted (bougies, crepe myrtle, hibiscus) I've stuck with the species I know handle it because of so much wasted time&effort with failures of other species I was simply trial/erroring, anyways my collection is extremely lop-sided in terms of species and I'd like to increase the variety but don't know what to be attempting!
I'm very partial to *large* specimen (3" thick trunks is about the smallest I like to go for), so am hoping to learn what trees(or larger vines) in my area (whether wild and found in the woods like oaks, or just common 'yard-adori' like the crepe myrtles) are able to handle being hard-chopped in such an agressive manner ie cut-back to hard-wood, frequently w/o any foliage being left. My list of attempted species has way more fails than successes
I'm also interested in any tips on actually searching/finding plants outside of landscapes, I'm *always* on the lookout but most of my specimen are 'yardadori' not truly wild finds, I've yet to find any good specimen just growing in the woods (and I've done tons of walks looking, found two worthwhile junipers once, only one is [barely]surviving now), I'm sure I'm walking right by specimen that could be chopped-back to be pre-bonsai but I just don't know what does/doesn't handle this and trial&error with larger specimen is extremely wasteful!
Thanks for any insights on this, and happy hunting!!
I'm very partial to *large* specimen (3" thick trunks is about the smallest I like to go for), so am hoping to learn what trees(or larger vines) in my area (whether wild and found in the woods like oaks, or just common 'yard-adori' like the crepe myrtles) are able to handle being hard-chopped in such an agressive manner ie cut-back to hard-wood, frequently w/o any foliage being left. My list of attempted species has way more fails than successes
I'm also interested in any tips on actually searching/finding plants outside of landscapes, I'm *always* on the lookout but most of my specimen are 'yardadori' not truly wild finds, I've yet to find any good specimen just growing in the woods (and I've done tons of walks looking, found two worthwhile junipers once, only one is [barely]surviving now), I'm sure I'm walking right by specimen that could be chopped-back to be pre-bonsai but I just don't know what does/doesn't handle this and trial&error with larger specimen is extremely wasteful!
Thanks for any insights on this, and happy hunting!!