Invasive Species as Bonsai

[BrianBay9]

@Leo in N E Illinois Thats logical to me and I certainly think it’s overall better to collect than let remain in the wild - when selecting which ones are worth taking as yamadori though I think it’d be best to view it as “collect or kill” rather than “collect or leave” time and effort permitting. But that’s enough pontificating from a newbie who has no collection experience of his own

Yes, when we've worked with parks people, we agreed to dig what we find, then keep what we want.

 

[BrightsideB]

I go to a park that has large mature Chinese elms. And there are now good sized ones scattered along the tree line that grew from seed. I was thinking of getting in contact with the city and working my way down to whoever to see if I could remove them. I think that would be classified as removing an invasive specie. I was thinking of using that to better my odds.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Yes, when we've worked with parks people, we agreed to dig what we find, then keep what we want.

Same thing here... It got to the point where WHEN I'd call the parks/property managers OR Warden David.. my response was "Yeah, yeah, whatever! You know what to do."

 

[Paradox]

Burning bush is also considered invasive some places and those have been used for bonsai

 

[BrianBay9]

Same thing here... It got to the point where WHEN I'd call the parks/property managers OR Warden David.. my response was "Yeah, yeah, whatever! You know what to do."

It's all about establishing some trust....

 

[HorseloverFat]

It's all about establishing some trust....

EXACTLY