Bonsai Fence?

[Smoke]

Earlier this month Fresno had the eighth annual swapmeet for bonsai. It was a great success and one of the trees stirred some interest for a member here.
This large hornbeam was of interest to Brian Van Fleet. we communicated and I had told him I would check on it since the guy who owns lives about 25 miles out of town, but that I had a job in that town, and would check. My plan was to get additional photo's firm a better price and find out about shipping.



I went by the market the guy owns only to find out that he does not have regular hours and seldom gets there before 11AM. I am mostly finished with my business in an hour or two and moving on to the next job.

Mr. Ramiriz has a huge collection of bonsai at his market and the shade cloth on the right side of the market is where he has some bonsai. Mostly stuff in training as his more finished bonsai reside at his home.


This fellow has some really great trees and most are very large two man trees. This very large Foemina juniper is from Richard in 2009 unloading it and placing it in the Kazari in Hanford.


Thats Richard behind the tree in the greenish shirt.

 

[Smoke]

So...finally I hook up with Richard, and sadly he tells me he does not wish to ship the tree, which is a dissapointment but I did have some time while parking in front of the store numerous times to admire the fence line. I'll just post the pictures and let them tell the story.

Mostly crepe myrtle, some white birch and liquid amber.

 

[edprocoat]

Wow that's a nice juniper !

ed

 

[Smoke]

Wow that's a nice juniper !

ed

Hi Ed, long time no hear from?

 

[edprocoat]

Hey Smoke its been a wild ride lately....

ed

 

[sorce]

wild ride

Do tell.....Welcome back! Don't pull a Qwade and drop one line and never come back again!


And for the record...(bonsai fence)...I thought you stole all Mach5's maples!

If Ed didn't show up.....this would be kind of a boring thread! Lol.

Hey look...it's uncle Eddie!

Sorce

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Most unusual mix of elements, and thanks again for trying to run down that KH for me. If he ever softens, I'm still interested. Even if it has to fall off a truck in front of my house.

Best to you and Mrs. K; praying for the best possible outcome and a merry Christmas.

 

[JudyB]

Praying for that Christmas miracle.

That is a very nice hornbeam, I'm surprised no one picked it up already.

 

[amcoffeegirl]

Why don't you send smoke the money to buy and ship it for you?
That way the owner doesn't have to ship it.

Most unusual mix of elements, and thanks again for trying to run down that KH for me. If he ever softens, I'm still interested. Even if it has to fall off a truck in front of my house.

Best to you and Mrs. K; praying for the best possible outcome and a merry Christmas.

 

[quietobserver]

[QUOTE="amcoffeegirl, post: 311196, member: 12890"Why don't you send smoke the money to buy and ship it for you?
That way the owner doesn't have to ship it.[/QUOTE]
Likely the "fall of a truck" comment was a subtle ice breaker....

 

[Arcto]

When I read the title, I thought you had discovered some illegal bonsai activity. Instead, I get to see some photos of some really nice trees. Best wishes to Mrs. Smoke and you this holiday season.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Why don't you send smoke the money to buy and ship it for you?
That way the owner doesn't have to ship it.

CA requires Pytosanitary Certificates when shipping live plants. I think it's a bit more complicated than sticking in a box and sending it along. Otherwise, you can be sure Al and I could have worked something out.
And again, I'm not opposed to having something fall off a truck outside my house.

 

[garywood]

@Brian Van Fleet I'll be making a west coast trip this Feb. if you need pick up. Phyto's are for inbound Cal. I need an excuse to visit Al anyway

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

@Brian Van Fleet I'll be making a west coast trip this Feb. if you need pick up. Phyto's are for inbound Cal. I need an excuse to visit Al anyway

Sounds good, thanks...let's talk before you head out. Have a Merry Christmas, Wood!

 

[amcoffeegirl]

CA requires Pytosanitary Certificates when shipping live plants. I think it's a bit more complicated than sticking in a box and sending it along. Otherwise, you can be sure Al and I could have worked something out.
And again, I'm not opposed to having something fall off a truck outside my house.

Oh I see. That's a pita.

 

[Smoke]

I'll try to get a picture or two. I was in a hurry when I did see him. I think there may be an issue or two you should see first. If all is good, I can take it to Wood at Shohin since I figure he will be there with Telperion in Feb.

 

[Smoke]

If I'm not mistaken, and I didn't look at this tree too closely and I think for this reason and price it has a trunk like this. The elm to the left seems to suffer from the same problem though to a lessor extent.

 

[JudyB]

It's still amazing material, at a reasonable price. If Brian didn't take you up on this, I sure would!

@Brian Van Fleet - Love the avatar!!!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Yeah, I assumed by the scar and big change from the lower to the upper section that it probably had a wine-bottle trunk. It's ok, I'd probably make it a much shorter tree, and enjoy the base, trunk, and fall color. I killed a true import yamadori KH a couple years ago. A heartbreaker, I don't miss many trees, but I miss that one!

 

[amcoffeegirl]

Yeah, I assumed by the scar and big change from the lower to the upper section that it probably had a wine-bottle trunk. It's ok, I'd probably make it a much shorter tree, and enjoy the base, trunk, and fall color. I killed a true import yamadori KH a couple years ago. A heartbreaker, I don't miss many trees, but I miss that one!
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I see why you would miss it.