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Chumono
My very first project, before I had much of an idea of what I was doing, was a Home Depot $12.95 rhododendron azalea. Naming her 'Iggy the Azalea' was obvious and cute, albeit intellectually cheap.
Being as I am a huge Prince fan, a lavender star flower became 'Darling Nikki', in memory of His Purpleness.
The thirty-year-old Satsuki pictured on the 'Azalea Maintenance Question' thread became 'Grace', for reasons which should be immediately obvious.
A Natal plum easily became 'Natalie', and her surname will become self-evident as her branches lignify.
Yet to be christened are a particularly sinuous ten-year-old microcarpa, and a grafted ginseng ficus with roots that look like a Henry Moore sculpture. More perplexing are two virtually identical Satsuki's, each about 7" tall, that I got via Brussel's via Amazon when they were on sale for eleven bucks each (normally $30). They're essentially twins, but I cannot bring myself to go to the "Mary Kate and Ashley" place. I'm open to suggestions.
Last but by no means least, I recently attended a wonderful workshop at BC Bonsai, and came home with a forest planting of bucida spinosa. On the drive home, a light bulb came on, and that one became "Jenny". A grand prize of [your choice] two quarts of used soil of questionable origin, or one IKEA crappy grafted ficus mallsai dying of root fungus, to the first person who can tell me what dots I connected to come up with that one.
Being as I am a huge Prince fan, a lavender star flower became 'Darling Nikki', in memory of His Purpleness.
The thirty-year-old Satsuki pictured on the 'Azalea Maintenance Question' thread became 'Grace', for reasons which should be immediately obvious.
A Natal plum easily became 'Natalie', and her surname will become self-evident as her branches lignify.
Yet to be christened are a particularly sinuous ten-year-old microcarpa, and a grafted ginseng ficus with roots that look like a Henry Moore sculpture. More perplexing are two virtually identical Satsuki's, each about 7" tall, that I got via Brussel's via Amazon when they were on sale for eleven bucks each (normally $30). They're essentially twins, but I cannot bring myself to go to the "Mary Kate and Ashley" place. I'm open to suggestions.
Last but by no means least, I recently attended a wonderful workshop at BC Bonsai, and came home with a forest planting of bucida spinosa. On the drive home, a light bulb came on, and that one became "Jenny". A grand prize of [your choice] two quarts of used soil of questionable origin, or one IKEA crappy grafted ficus mallsai dying of root fungus, to the first person who can tell me what dots I connected to come up with that one.