Weatherman
Seedling
My wife asked what I wanted for my birthday, and I thought about it for a while. Eventually I asked for a budget for a new tree. Currently I have 2 baby junipers that I had shipped from Wigert's bonsai in florida, and a hinoki cypress I picked up from a local nursery. I've been looking around online but haven't found anything that really calls to me yet. Well there's that, and the fact that a lot of nurseries are local pickup only for trees that are older and larger. Given the age of my current trees, I'd really like to have something more 'finished' that I can enjoy looking at as my trees grow. I've been looking for something with plenty of foliage, preferably in nice pads. Nebari is cool, but pads are definitely something that I've longed for and don't yet have.
I prefer more upright/slanted trees, rather than anything cascading. I'm not picky about species, but most of the things I see in videos that I think look really cool just end up being junipers. I think I like them because they have foliage in all seasons. Like red maples are beautiful in the fall, cherry blossoms look amazing in bloom, but I really enjoy being able to see the tree looking the best it can all year round. I'd just go look at the local nursery I picked up my hinoki at, but they don't really have mature trees there, just a lot of shohin and pre bonsai, as well as some taller unstyled trees.
We've budgeted around 500-700 dollars, and I live in northeast ohio, about an hour south of cleveland. The weather here is typically colder from late september until february/march. The lowest I've seen temps go is -30 back in the early 2010s, but I'd say we spend most of the winter between 25-40 degrees F, with the colder weeks being down into the 5-15 degree range. I'm willing to travel 4-5 hours, or ideally would love to get something shipped. I know shipping can be a challenge, but to be honest, I'd pay 150 bucks to crate ship something if the alternative is 120 bucks in gas and a day of travel. I'd love suggestions for any online retailers that you folks find reputable who might have what I'm looking for, or I'd be up for a private sale if any of you have trees you'd be willing to part with. I'll also check out the sale threads section of the forum, but I figured posting first couldn't hurt.
A little about me, if it helps make you more willing to part with one of your prized possessions: I'm 32, I'm a software engineer by day, video game player by night, and my other hobbies aside from bonsai are mead making and pokemon card collecting (this one has been on the back burner for a while because monies lol). I have a wife and 5 children(13f, 12f, 9f, 5m, 3f) who keep my life relatively busy and my house loud, but we wouldn't have it any other way. Let's just say thank god I work from home, bussing and housework would be near impossible to handle otherwise.
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask, and thank you in advance for any help you provide!
I prefer more upright/slanted trees, rather than anything cascading. I'm not picky about species, but most of the things I see in videos that I think look really cool just end up being junipers. I think I like them because they have foliage in all seasons. Like red maples are beautiful in the fall, cherry blossoms look amazing in bloom, but I really enjoy being able to see the tree looking the best it can all year round. I'd just go look at the local nursery I picked up my hinoki at, but they don't really have mature trees there, just a lot of shohin and pre bonsai, as well as some taller unstyled trees.
We've budgeted around 500-700 dollars, and I live in northeast ohio, about an hour south of cleveland. The weather here is typically colder from late september until february/march. The lowest I've seen temps go is -30 back in the early 2010s, but I'd say we spend most of the winter between 25-40 degrees F, with the colder weeks being down into the 5-15 degree range. I'm willing to travel 4-5 hours, or ideally would love to get something shipped. I know shipping can be a challenge, but to be honest, I'd pay 150 bucks to crate ship something if the alternative is 120 bucks in gas and a day of travel. I'd love suggestions for any online retailers that you folks find reputable who might have what I'm looking for, or I'd be up for a private sale if any of you have trees you'd be willing to part with. I'll also check out the sale threads section of the forum, but I figured posting first couldn't hurt.
A little about me, if it helps make you more willing to part with one of your prized possessions: I'm 32, I'm a software engineer by day, video game player by night, and my other hobbies aside from bonsai are mead making and pokemon card collecting (this one has been on the back burner for a while because monies lol). I have a wife and 5 children(13f, 12f, 9f, 5m, 3f) who keep my life relatively busy and my house loud, but we wouldn't have it any other way. Let's just say thank god I work from home, bussing and housework would be near impossible to handle otherwise.
If anyone has any questions, please feel free to ask, and thank you in advance for any help you provide!
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