Euonymus Fortunei
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A. Gorilla
Omono
As a fellow n00b, I will offer a suggestion. Contact the nearest club, and see if they host a fall club sale. People tend to collect too many trees, and then don't want to deal with putting some of them back into winter storage.
That should give you very broad exposure to trees in all stages of development.
Snagging free stuff is fine, but it's going to be on the back burner for a couple years. Get some eye candy while you bide your time with some of these bushes and air layers.
Consider working backwards. The more developed a tree is, the more obvious the decisions will be regarding refinement.
A medium developed tree might have the major branches in place but you have to grow some more on your own.
A really nice ESTABLISHED stump will let you make all the decisions about branch growing or wiring right away
Something out of the ground...you're really just going to stare at it for 2 years.
That should give you very broad exposure to trees in all stages of development.
Snagging free stuff is fine, but it's going to be on the back burner for a couple years. Get some eye candy while you bide your time with some of these bushes and air layers.
Consider working backwards. The more developed a tree is, the more obvious the decisions will be regarding refinement.
A medium developed tree might have the major branches in place but you have to grow some more on your own.
A really nice ESTABLISHED stump will let you make all the decisions about branch growing or wiring right away
Something out of the ground...you're really just going to stare at it for 2 years.
defra
Masterpiece
I am working one also @Marie1uk has one but no fortunei
Heres my thread:
https://bonsainut.com/threads/euonymus-japinica.25080/
Heres my thread:
https://bonsainut.com/threads/euonymus-japinica.25080/
Johnathan
Omono
I still haven't found anything worth air layering lol I'm just gathering knowledge and playing "what if" pretty much at this time. Thanks for the responses @A. Gorilla and @defra great thread. I'm still not sold on the tree yet, but that yellow is special.
Paulpash
Masterpiece
That is euonymous fortunei 'emerald and gold'. I had it in my front garden for ages before I dug it out to make way for more bonsai stuff. Sorry to say it won't make a good tree IMO. Rule of thumb is if you can't find a decent image of a particular shrub or tree on the net it's probably not gonna cut it as a bonsai.
Cypress187
Masterpiece
The trunk is very thin, by the time you can chop it you will have much more and better tree's.
defra
Masterpiece
How can you tell? I dont see the trunk
Cypress187
Masterpiece
I guessed itHow can you tell? I dont see the trunk
Well I see some low branches on the left, and the trunk can't be much thicker than that.
