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Posted 8 years 1 month ago #35927
Hello everyone just getting into an absorbing alot of bonsai information. My question is I have these two small trees I bought at the nursery. I've tried to id them with pictures but very unsure. So any help would be appreciate and if these two can be grown indoors.
Next, quick question on if I shouI'd repot them this time as year as I think I want to get them into larger pots to let them get growing before trimming and pruning.
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Posted 8 years 1 month ago #35928
What did the nursery say they are?
I sure hope they did not sell these to you as bonsai.
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Posted 8 years 1 month ago #35929
Haha they did! But everyone I asked there didn't know. They were unfamiliar with bonsai! As am I, maybe a little to eager to get into it!
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Posted 8 years 1 month ago #35930
Best is to go to a bonsai shop nurseries won't do Auk help me to realize that when I bought a stick hahaha
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Posted 8 years 1 month ago #35931
So you guys think these trees are useless?
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Posted 8 years 1 month ago #35932

Cjm815 wrote: Haha they did! But everyone I asked there didn't know. They were unfamiliar with bonsai! As am I, maybe a little to eager to get into it!


Sorry to say it,but they really are not. These are just quite young, untrained, unshaped plants. It doesn't have much to do with bonsai.

Doesn't mean they are useless. Both are suitable for bonsai, but it is going to take many years to grow and train them.

I think they are:Serissa and Boxwood. Wait for others to confirm (having a bit of a problem with my eyes at the moment...)
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Posted 8 years 1 month ago #35936
Thank you very much for the guidance! Would you suggest getting them into a larger pot and letting them grow? Get drunk size then hack them off and start the training?
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Posted 8 years 1 month ago #35938
With time and care it can make good bonsai trees
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Posted 8 years 4 weeks ago #35947

333Adriaan333 wrote: With time and care it can make good bonsai trees

Thisis true for any seed of a suitable species. As material goes, this is in the least suitable possible, as it will require growing everything you need for bonsai. Looking at decades of trunk growing.

If you are serious about getting into bonsai, get some plants with a trunk. Think,several cm diameter. Otherwise you will be waiting a long time before you can actually work n getting it into bonsai.
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