What’s your latest Bonsai related purchase?

[Natty Bumppo]

Ordered a bare root, Japanese larch seedling from Scenic Hills Farm that arrived today. Potted it up and watered it in after work. In the past, I've ordered seedlings from the Johnsteen Company. Everything I was interested in this spring (Japanese larch, ginko, trident maple, deodor cedar, etc) were all out of stock. Found Scenic Hill on line and decided to give it a try with a single larch. Am pleased with what I got. About 16" tall with branched roots. Looks healthy. I would consider ordering from them again.

 

[Fidur]

Today I found this leptospermum scoparium in a nurserie. Not cheap (25$), but the trunk is decent. After some preliminar cleaning, this is what it looks like:



I like that dense foliage and the flowers. I think I can develope a very pleasent bonsai from this....

 

[Fidur]

Couldn´t avoid to work a little more on it.....

 

[Frozentreehugger]

Couldn´t avoid to work a little more on it.....

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In my world that’s a steal at 25$ almost anything in a garden centre is at least 25 and a flowering tree with a nice trunk I would expect to be 75$ min looks like it has a lot of potential. But I know zip about the species

 

[Maiden69]

I bought two of @penumbra pots this week, they arrived super fast and well packaged.

 

[LittleDingus]

I didn't need another ginkgo until I saw that I needed another ginkgo!



From the local nursery where I went specifically to look for cherry trees for the yard...not more trees for pots. I did not come home with any cherry trees...but I will need a new pot in a year or 3!

 

[penumbra]

I have a case of Sekka Sickness

 

[Carol 83]

I bought two of @penumbra pots this week, they arrived super fast and well packaged.

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Buying two at once saves on shipping, pretty smart

 

[Frozentreehugger]

Just a update pic is of the lava grip ( crushed pumice ) I purchased so far I really like the dark black colour 16 kg 35 lbs Bag yield after sifting is this common kitty litter pail . About 3/4 full sifting fines are a very respectable grande zip lock bag about 1/2 full call it 3/4 if a litre ( quart ) even it is not supper fine dust just slightly smaller . I’m sure I’ll find a use Comparison is my regular crushed red granite .
Which does sift larger . The pumice sifts about the same size as DE

 

[Frozentreehugger]

I have a case of Sekka Sickness
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Very nice

 

[chlorine-queen]

Made my first online tree purchase this morning- a Brazilian rain tree and tiger bark ficus from Wigert’s. Pretty hard species to find for sale here in Oregon it seems.

 

[August]

Told myself I wasn't going to buy any trees this year as I have tons of free ones from last season and a space issue. Couldn't pass this up though. Physocarpus (Ninebark) "Little Devil".

I was stunned by the trunks of these when they came into work. So thick and exfoliated. Usually when we get Ninebark in, they're very suckery and truly shrublike. They're from Monrovia so went to check the price with fear in my heart... only 35$! So i tossed and turned for a few weeks and found myself in the nursery department today, admiring them again. Figured, what the hell.

I have no experience with this genus and I rarely see them worked on. The exfoliated bark and leaf shape is very appealing in my opinion... and this variety has very small, plum-purple leaves. Send me a dm if you have any experience with them! Im off to the university extension websites now...

 

[Underdog]

I've been messing w/one but nothing to share.

 

[Mapleminx]

Couldn´t avoid to work a little more on it.....

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That…was a BARGAIN! Wow what a difference from the raw pic.

 

[yashu]

I just checked Kusa Farms and all he has now are azaleas seedling for sale .

I did the exact same after seeing that tree

 

[snowman04]

Seeing a lot of Dawn Redwood lately so I thought I would give one a shot...

 

[19Mateo83]

Made my first online tree purchase this morning- a Brazilian rain tree and tiger bark ficus from Wigert’s. Pretty hard species to find for sale here in Oregon it seems.

Wigerts is awesome with top quality trees. You will be pleased with your purchase. Also welcome to the nut house!

 

[snowman04]

Tnx! I'll have to check them out...

 

[chlorine-queen]

Wigerts is awesome with top quality trees. You will be pleased with your purchase. Also welcome to the nut house!

Thanks! My boyfriend ordered a jaboticaba from them as well, which will be his first tree ever. Very excited for them to arrive.

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

Not sure what happened one minute I was at the nursery looking for a Yew and next thing you know I'm driving home with a Larch. Maybe the Plant dude at the nursery hypnotized me.