What will be the next somewhat "undiscovered" native tree that will be a good subject for bonsai in the United States?
Of the "discovered" ones we can agree that the west coast junipers are great subjects. Down in the south we found bald (and pond) cypress to be good material. No doubt the old collected ponderosa pines are beautiful. I'm also liking the lodgepole pines. The native oaks in California seem to be great material and I have also seen some nice live oaks, willow oaks and other 'scrub' oaks from my home state.
I have been eyeballing a native hawthorn (Crataegus flava) as well as a scrub oak (Quercus inopina), our native sand pine (Pinus clausa) and perhaps a native that is related to the blueberry we call farkleberry or sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum).
So what's next in your regions?
Of the "discovered" ones we can agree that the west coast junipers are great subjects. Down in the south we found bald (and pond) cypress to be good material. No doubt the old collected ponderosa pines are beautiful. I'm also liking the lodgepole pines. The native oaks in California seem to be great material and I have also seen some nice live oaks, willow oaks and other 'scrub' oaks from my home state.
I have been eyeballing a native hawthorn (Crataegus flava) as well as a scrub oak (Quercus inopina), our native sand pine (Pinus clausa) and perhaps a native that is related to the blueberry we call farkleberry or sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum).
So what's next in your regions?