GerhardG
Mame
Hi
First post here, I got my first potential bonsai 4 years ago, always tickled by the art but never got into it seriously until about a year ago.
It has turned into a total obsession and I've been soaking up info on the few great sites like BonsaiNut.......buying/digging/planting anything that might be turned into bonsai if I get old enough.
Okay, my problem...
I've killed 2 conifers already, mostly due to haste I suspect, and I kinda decided to avoid them.
However, my landlords have a prostrate conifer of some sort in the garden which they dislike intensely, and the other day a hint was dropped and they jumped on it - I get the conifer and replace it with a bauhinia (discontinued bonsai project).
The tree is about 15cm high with a trunk diameter of 2-3cm, and at least 20-25 years old, it definately has potencial, so I seriously don't want to kill it during the removal.
I've researched as far as I can and I'm sure I can dig it up without unnecesary harm, if only I could identify and thus determine the right time of year.
I know I know - photos.
I hope to have some on Monday, but in the mean time some general ideas/guesses would help - I know how to drive Google for the best results.
I've looked at Juniperus horizontalis and procumbens etc etc, but the foliage is wrong. My tree has tiny opposed needles (about 1mm long)......now to try and explain in something other than my mother tongue.....
If you look at a branch from the tip down, one set of needles point East-West, next set North-South, and so on.
As far as I can see definately needles rather than scales, tiny needles none the less, and I saw the new growth if slightly purple.
Also a general question, I live In Namibia, for the most part a desert country in South Western Africa, we are in the dead of winter but obviously it's not really cold in global terms.
I'm also lucky in the sence that my home is on a slight rise so temps are even more moderate, a bonsai buddy with 15 years under the belt lost some trees this week due to cold, my Ficus Carina hasn't even dropped all it's leaves yet.
Considering all this, does it really matter when I dig up this beauty?
Like I said, photos on Monday....
Thanks,
Gerhard
PS: The thickest branch (rooted) will make out the beginnings of a cascade hopefully
First post here, I got my first potential bonsai 4 years ago, always tickled by the art but never got into it seriously until about a year ago.
It has turned into a total obsession and I've been soaking up info on the few great sites like BonsaiNut.......buying/digging/planting anything that might be turned into bonsai if I get old enough.
Okay, my problem...
I've killed 2 conifers already, mostly due to haste I suspect, and I kinda decided to avoid them.
However, my landlords have a prostrate conifer of some sort in the garden which they dislike intensely, and the other day a hint was dropped and they jumped on it - I get the conifer and replace it with a bauhinia (discontinued bonsai project).
The tree is about 15cm high with a trunk diameter of 2-3cm, and at least 20-25 years old, it definately has potencial, so I seriously don't want to kill it during the removal.
I've researched as far as I can and I'm sure I can dig it up without unnecesary harm, if only I could identify and thus determine the right time of year.
I know I know - photos.
I hope to have some on Monday, but in the mean time some general ideas/guesses would help - I know how to drive Google for the best results.
I've looked at Juniperus horizontalis and procumbens etc etc, but the foliage is wrong. My tree has tiny opposed needles (about 1mm long)......now to try and explain in something other than my mother tongue.....
If you look at a branch from the tip down, one set of needles point East-West, next set North-South, and so on.
As far as I can see definately needles rather than scales, tiny needles none the less, and I saw the new growth if slightly purple.
Also a general question, I live In Namibia, for the most part a desert country in South Western Africa, we are in the dead of winter but obviously it's not really cold in global terms.
I'm also lucky in the sence that my home is on a slight rise so temps are even more moderate, a bonsai buddy with 15 years under the belt lost some trees this week due to cold, my Ficus Carina hasn't even dropped all it's leaves yet.
Considering all this, does it really matter when I dig up this beauty?
Like I said, photos on Monday....
Thanks,
Gerhard
PS: The thickest branch (rooted) will make out the beginnings of a cascade hopefully