Collecting seeds for bonsai
Collecting seeds and then growing bonsai out of the is quite a thrill. Although it does take time! Right now is the best time to find seeds.
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The best way to learn about bonsai, it by looking at other trees. In order to get an idea of the time required to develop trees, looking at progression series may help. Here a few progressions to give you a sense of time and the steps involved to create bonsai when you have plants from a garden centre, dug up from a garden or purchased as pre-bonsai stock.
1. Olea Europea. November 2016.
Sickly olive from sell-out corner.
Yes. it is notso healthy. But at 50% off at the local garden centre.. What can you do.
Starting bonsai from seed using collected Malus seeds
Yes. It does take a bit of patience. It may take ten years before you have anything looking like a tree. But yeah, it is also fun. Growing from seeds. So I started a new batch.
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Burrs 2016
Burrs is a bonsai styling workshop in Bury, held roughly every two years by T. Tickle.
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5 year progression of a taxus
Making a good bonsai from very basic material
It can be done, as shown here by the efforts of Rob C.