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So I have some trees and such I will work on in the spring but right now....nuthin. Maybe I can find a ficus or somethin'.. This is probably a pretty common gripe. I am posting like Sorce again.

I hope you have a wonderful day and enjoy the holiday. I would like to give thanks to the BN community for welcoming me and making me realize I have no clue!

So, yeah. I went from nothing two weeks ago to two burning bushes, three juniper, an unknown azalea, a cotoneaster and a rescued crabapple. I have asked the ladies in our records department to strike me in the head if I say I am going to the nursery. Here is my $12.50 find, a euonymus alatus...

This summer our public works department cut down a few trees. Some of them are now popping up from the old roots. I can't remember if these were flowering with red fruit, but I am thinking they were. I know that is like, not helpful. Anyway....any ideas? I'm digging them up before they mow them...

NOW WHAT!?!?!?!?!?! It's in a 4" pot. Not even sure what type of juniper. I saw it and even my girlfriend was like "you need that".

My last lunch hour was checking old (but sadly dead dead dead) shrubs pulled out of the local cemetery by our city's public works. I realized I had time to go to the local nursery so I walked around and took pix of the tags so I could research. Got back to work and told several people about what...

Sorry all. I have resisted a rush purchase until today. Yes, I succumbed to buying a little Buxus sempervirens , well actually there are two . I know this was probably dumb but for $4 I thought "what the heck". So here they are. I am guessing since it is very late I just leave them in their...

While going through Walter Pall's Amur maple thread (mind boggled) I read the brief discussion on photographing it and the lighting and thought I should share a quick and cheap tip. I used to shoot bodybuilders and fitness models. I had stuff published in some of the biggest bodybuilding...

Didn't see one, so thought I would start one. My moniker, Metal Grootvader, means Metal Grandfather. I'm an old metalhead. Favorite bands these days: Eluveitie (folk metal) Amon Amarth (viking metal) Maximum the Hormone (screwed up Japanese metal) Sasquatch (stoner/sludge metal) Tengger Cavalry...

Looked at thw 50% shrubs and trees. Here are what I found interesting. Please feel free to give thoughts on these species! Dappled Willow Rhododendron hybird "Purple Gem" Dwarf Alberta Spruce Emerald Green Arborvitae Leyland Cypress Had some juniper and boxwood that didn't impress me....

Went for a walk along a local lake and in between casts I checked the shoreline. I found a bunch of these. Twisted and small. Are these fringe trees (Chionanthus virginicus)? White Ash (Fraxinus americana) Are they worth trying? I mean they are all gnarly and twisted, but is that enough to make...

While walking down to the river I spotted this tree. Maybe 15' tall, straight and 4-5" thick. The leaves ar just a bit over an inch long. So here are my questions: Is this a Chinese Elm (I think so) Even though it is very straight will it have potential? Should I cut it or dig it up? Those chew...

I posted an introduction to the new members forum and mentioned there I have some seeds. So for my first bonsai I thought I would look at some stock at the local nursery. I wandered through the junipers and stopped to admire the Japanese maples. I have always loved their look but the onse they...

Hey everyone! My name is David and I live in North Central Ohio. I'm 48 and only mention this because it does have bearing on why I am here and why I am interested in bonsai. I have lived my life bouncing around from topic to topic, hobby to hobby. While it has made me well rounded (at least I...