Josh88
Shohin
Well Nuts, there are some big changes in store for me and my family. My wife has been offered her dream job in Charlotte, and it's 2 hours away from my parents by Ashville, so for the sake of a happy wife and letting my folks enjoy my 6 year old little girl, we are packing up and leaving the pacific northwest (which I never thought I'd do). I will be leaving an incredible bonsai community and a high priority is figuring out how to make trips back here to collect trees, but the immediate issue is of course getting all my trees across the country. The plan is for my wife and kids to fly together, while a moving truck transports furniture, and I will load up a second truck full of trees, and my dog and I will drive to our soon to be new home. I have reached out to a number of professionals in the area and gotten some very different replies, so I will pose my questions here and expect to get many different answers as well. My biggest concern is about my collected NW Natives. Everyone has given the thumbs up to lodgepole pine and doug fir, but I have received conflicting info about how mountain hemlock and subalpine fir will do in Charlotte. My folks live outside of Ashville, so if my trees just need a bit more cold time I can overwinter them up there. Does anyone have any experience with these species in this area? Any input you all have to offer in general on bonsai in the area is greatly appreciated. To those of you who live close by, please reach out and we can grab a beer or a cup of coffee once I've made the move. I will miss the bonsai community out here greatly, but looking forward to meeting some new faces and making some new friends as well.