Conifer/evergreens

Bonsaihead said:

But if you are saying to stay clear of even that I'll take your advice. Definitely don't wanna be killing a bunch of stuff lol

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Bonsaihead said:

Anybody wanna throw me a bone here?

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twisted trees said:

This is Don Quixote speaking. Stop practicing on crap. Maybe you find potential to hack up and kill because of lack of experience in heavy pruning of trunks and roots. Survivability is increased by obtaining younger pretrained for bonsai material. And then go slowly. Don't trim more than a third of the green off of evergreens. Do a little the first year. It gives you a chance to learn for a year. Then repeat. In 5 years you will have an acceptable tree.

Otherwise the landscape tree will have one or two fatal flaws for its design. In 5 years, if your lucky, you may wind up with a healthy piece of crap.

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jeanluc83 said:

Get the trees you like and are passionate about. If you want to grow pines, go for it but put the time in to learning to care for them. In my opinion pines are no more difficult than deciduous trees but they are less forgiving. There are specific times when they can be worked and limits on the amount of work that a tree can withstand. I would try to find someone in your area that "knows their pines" and work with them.

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sorce said:

Walk one of the billion old people across the street and chat them up about their landscaping...

Find out what is trending...
And buy them ....

Then trade those for old yard shrubs.

Win Win

Sorce

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Melospiza said:

Bald-cypresses all the way!

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Bonsaihead said:

That's a stalker idea. I like the way you think sir! Actually been working on a good friend of mine that has a Holly with a huge base with lots of character and moment. He's been tossing around the idea of yanking it and I told him I'd replace it with something really cool

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Bonsaihead said:

Steller***

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