oddirt
Mame
Amen brother. Ever considered adding arbutus menziesii (pacific madrone) to your list? I've been experimenting the last 3 years
Thanks, it takes real nuttiness to even try this. I figure, at least get them to live. If not suitable for bonsai with leaf reduction experiments, then they can go in the landscape. I do have a number of madrones out in the landscape that are planted from my nearby Native Here Nursery, and there's a gorgeous one I can see across the canyon that is absolutely huge. The ones in the landscape may be collection-worthy in a few years. I have a one still in a nursery pot with some nice trunk movement that I'm experimenting with--how they handle root work, bonsai soil, leaf reduction, etc. I see this growing in both deep, rich soils and out of cracks in rocks, so the soil mix is pumice and lava-rich with 10% fir bark. So far so good. Leaves are huge and they don't go deciduous so leaf reduction will be the next experiment in a couple years. Let's start a thread on this and share our learnings!