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Post by gardendmpls on Jan 16, 2023 18:55:36 GMT -5
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Post by alpacasock on Apr 25, 2023 7:35:09 GMT -5
If anyone here finds themselves in NYC The Brooklyn Botanical Garden has a really mazing bonsai "museum" with many specimens which are over 100 years old! I don't have any bonsais but what I like so much about them is this childlike wonder I get from looking at them, like I'm viewing the habitat of the Lilliputians or something... www.bbg.org/collections/gardens/bonsai_museum
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Post by maddiemarshall on Jan 14, 2024 22:56:09 GMT -5
breezygardener,Thank you for adding that point. They usually require a lot of maintenance and research ahead of time. I'm planning on getting one myself but don't want to kill it out of neglect.
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Post by breezygardener on Jan 14, 2024 23:44:58 GMT -5
I'm planning on getting one myself but don't want to kill it out of neglect. Just start out with one of the more resilient types - like junipers. And pay close attention to their needs. Right now I have three bonsai surviving so far. An adorable little green juniper, a flowering quince, & a dwarf citrus (kumquat). The juniper & quince go outside in the mornings, but get brought back inside every night when temps are going to drop below freezing. Otherwise their little bonsai pots would freeze solid & crack. The kumquat is spending the winter in its little pebble-filled humidity tray on a south-facing windowsill until temps are reliably well above freezing. Ditto for my little olive tree, which I'm hoping to train as a bonsai in the future.
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Post by breezygardener on Jan 15, 2024 13:57:43 GMT -5
Speaking of interesting bonsai, these look really interesting & I might give them a try once the weather is a little warmer. With night temps in the teens here for the next couple of weeks at least, I wouldn't want anything like this trapped in transit. Better to wait until temps are more moderate for something like this. www.logees.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=begonia+bonsai
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