Nybonsai12
Masterpiece
I've seen some nice examples of this species from older collected trees. I don't know much about them.
I've seen tons of them at local big box stores in that typical cone like shape for landscape use. They are always labeled Thuja occidentalis and then usually have some other name on the label like "green emerald" or something else.
My question is what is the difference between the collected varieties and the big box versions(aside from lack of desirable charateristics)? Are big box varieties grafted? behave differently etc? Are these flexible? what seasons are they good to prune/bend/wire?
I won't buy trees that don't have good bonsai qualities, but I will spend $10-15 once or twice a year to get something just to work on for the sake of practicing bends/wiring etc. The 50% off signs are starting to come out...
Can anybody tell me more about these? Thanks in advance!
I've seen tons of them at local big box stores in that typical cone like shape for landscape use. They are always labeled Thuja occidentalis and then usually have some other name on the label like "green emerald" or something else.
My question is what is the difference between the collected varieties and the big box versions(aside from lack of desirable charateristics)? Are big box varieties grafted? behave differently etc? Are these flexible? what seasons are they good to prune/bend/wire?
I won't buy trees that don't have good bonsai qualities, but I will spend $10-15 once or twice a year to get something just to work on for the sake of practicing bends/wiring etc. The 50% off signs are starting to come out...
Can anybody tell me more about these? Thanks in advance!