Looking for Sagebrush

[QuintinBonsai]

A seller on eBay had a few for sale, but I was always outbid at the very last seconds. The pictures I saw made for some very interesting bonsai. Loads of gnarled and twisting deadwood. If anyone has some for sale please let me know. Thanks!

 

[frozenoak]

I know where you could harvest some, but my family doesn't own the land anymore and you'd have to go to Colorado to get it. My dad never stopped complaining about how all he could grow was sagebrush and cactus, and mom never stopped telling him all he could really grow was rocks. Ahh, the good ole days.

 

[Brian Underwood]

I have that particular seller saved as well. His material is always interesting with twisted trunks, but I highly doubt the branches wire well (brittle) and the foliage may also be unreliable with occasional dieback. I'm basing this on experience with Rosemary, which make some great trees but have the problems mentioned. Keep in mind that shipping plant material into California is ILLEGAL unless the material is inspected and has actual papers.

You may want to try collecting old rosemary bushes. Ask some relatives, friends, or neighbors if you could dig a tree and replace it with a younger, "nicer" one. There are about 2 dozen spectacular ones down the street from my girlfriend's house I've been eyeing for a while. They get twisted trunks and deadwood easily, and make great literati.

 

[milehigh_7]

It is important to specify what "sagebrush" you are talking about. As there are many plants that have that common name. I know that there is a pretty nice thread here at the nut house if you search on one type of wild sage. It has been a few years but I remember it.

 

[Poink88]

It is important to specify what "sagebrush" you are talking about. As there are many plants that have that common name. I know that there is a pretty nice thread here at the nut house if you search on one type of wild sage. It has been a few years but I remember it.

Agreed.

Is it by any chance related to TX Sage?

If so...check some of mine here
http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthr...ophyllum-frutescens)-transplant-survival-rate

 

[QuintinBonsai]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_tridentata

The seller I'm referring to field collects his in Utah.

@Brian
Thanks for the tip, but I always assumed that was just for citrus trees, or other major crop related plants. I'll keep this in mind.

 

[Dwight]

You might also look at some general nurseries. Around here they sell Texas sage which looks identical to the wild sage I've seen but the flowers are pink instread of white

 

[QuintinBonsai]

I saw some today at a local nursery, but they were way too small for bonsai. Skinny pencil-thin trunks.

 

[bob shimon]

Randy Knight of Oregon Bonsai collects and sells sagebrush along with his Rocky Mt. Junipers and Ponderosa Pines.

 

[nathanbs]

Randy Knight of Oregon Bonsai collects and sells sagebrush along with his Rocky Mt. Junipers and Ponderosa Pines.

It's funny Elliot just told me this today

 

[QuintinBonsai]

Randy Knight of Oregon Bonsai collects and sells sagebrush along with his Rocky Mt. Junipers and Ponderosa Pines.

Could you give me a link to his website? I've tried googling his name, but I seem to be bombarded with bonsai blog sites.