All reds and yellows

jeremy_norbury said:
Space, availability and cost. Oh and I can actually grow one in 8 years and not 35...
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Youre from the states right? How are you and the plants liking the Dutch climate? Ive heard Rotterdam is a horticultural center of sorts.
 
Great photos- amazing trees.
I enjoy looking at your collection very much.
 
Txhorticulture said:
Youre from the states right? How are you and the plants liking the Dutch climate? Ive heard Rotterdam is a horticultural center of sorts.
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I'm English actually, but we lived 5 years in Redondo Beach, CA.

Some of my trees started out (35 years ago - Jeez I'm old) in the UK.

The Netherlands in general has a lot of horticultural history - there's a city between Amsterdam and Rotterdam (Boskoop) which has over 700 nurseries. They produce a great deal of the garden center material for the whole of Europe.

I was last in Boskoop in March : https://www.flickr.com/photos/norbury/albums/72157651497205306
 
jeremy_norbury said:
I'm English actually, but we lived 5 years in Redondo Beach, CA.

Some of my trees started out (35 years ago - Jeez I'm old) in the UK.

The Netherlands in general has a lot of horticultural history - there's a city between Amsterdam and Rotterdam (Boskoop) which has over 700 nurseries. They produce a great deal of the garden center material for the whole of Europe.

I was last in Boskoop in March : https://www.flickr.com/photos/norbury/albums/72157651497205306
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So that's your secret then? You have 700 nurseries near you- so there's an abundance of material. You can watch for good stuff???
And you sell your trees cheap too.
How about the pots? Where do you find those?
 
amcoffeegirl said:
So that's your secret then? You have 700 nurseries near you- so there's an abundance of material. You can watch for good stuff???
And you sell your trees cheap too.
How about the pots? Where do you find those?
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My secret is we ALSO have the three largest bonsai import/export companies in Europe in The Netherlands. These places are enormous, each employing dozens of people and importing and exporting hundreds of thousands of bonsai trees per year. I get to choose trees out of thousands of examples - so I'll always pick the best ones out. I pay discounted prices as a good customer and will sometimes buy 30 trees at a time. I can pay as little as $3 for a mallsai... Pots are the same story - cheap Chinese ones at the importers, decent hand made ones from Czech republic at bonsai shows.

My local bonsai shop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/norbury/albums/72157657773502846

And here's another one.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/norbury/albums/72157649649796754

Every plant you see is a bonsai.
 
That's great. Well you do the work also.
It must be a good feeling to have many options.
Good info- thanks for sharing
My oldest tree has been with me maybe 5 years so I have a long way to go.
 
jeremy_norbury said:
My secret is we ALSO have the three largest bonsai import/export companies in Europe in The Netherlands. These places are enormous, each employing dozens of people and importing and exporting hundreds of thousands of bonsai trees per year. I get to choose trees out of thousands of examples - so I'll always pick the best ones out. I pay discounted prices as a good customer and will sometimes buy 30 trees at a time. I can pay as little as $3 for a mallsai... Pots are the same story - cheap Chinese ones at the importers, decent hand made ones from Czech republic at bonsai shows.

My local bonsai shop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/norbury/albums/72157657773502846

And here's another one.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/norbury/albums/72157649649796754

Every plant you see is a bonsai.
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I think I just pee peed a little :oops:
 
God .... as soon as the wife and I get a new home that's what my back yard will start to look like hopefully. ..

Thank you the inspiration!
 
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