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Imperial Masterpiece
Interesting article. To be honest, it is something I would never have considered bonsai-able. This is case case where I loved to be proved wrong.
I lived on an old estate called Locust Hill in Markham Virginia for a couple years that had some very old Osage. The trees were about 200 years old but had been topped and were not more than about 30 feet tall. The one you posted in Whitepost is magnificent and about 20 minutes from my house.
One experience I had with Osage was as firewood. Don't put it in a fireplace ..... it throws sparks like the forth of July.
Another experience was making a bow in a workshop. It was super hard to work and took three 10 to 12 hour days to produce a somewhat crooked longbow that I still have. I have a couple staves for bowmaking I have had for at least 10 years. Its never going to happen.
Bonsai? Who would have thunk?
Thanks for sharing.
I lived on an old estate called Locust Hill in Markham Virginia for a couple years that had some very old Osage. The trees were about 200 years old but had been topped and were not more than about 30 feet tall. The one you posted in Whitepost is magnificent and about 20 minutes from my house.
One experience I had with Osage was as firewood. Don't put it in a fireplace ..... it throws sparks like the forth of July.
Another experience was making a bow in a workshop. It was super hard to work and took three 10 to 12 hour days to produce a somewhat crooked longbow that I still have. I have a couple staves for bowmaking I have had for at least 10 years. Its never going to happen.
Bonsai? Who would have thunk?
Thanks for sharing.