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Posted on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 04:03 pm:   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hi,

I have been looking to create a small landscape type bonsai. I have a tree ready and aquiring a stone/rock to set in isnt a problem, however i have seen pics of other landscapes that have smaall bushes that give the image of a small hedge for example.

Does abyone of any plants/trees suitable to give the small hedge/bush look.

Secondly i have seen similar things running into ponds in landscapes any ideas what they are

Sam

Samhurst - WN4 8QY, Zone "Chinese Elm"
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Posted on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 - 01:23 pm:   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

It would have to be something with very tiny leaves Sam to keep everything in proportion, how about Soleirolia
also known as 'mind-your-own-business'/'baby's tears' plant. Mind you, you would have to keep your eye on it so that it didn't smother everything else - Kath

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Posted on Thursday, October 12, 2006 - 05:24 pm:   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hi, thanks again your help is always appreciated.

I have took your advice and bought a small babys tears plant.

I wish to plant this away from the tree next to my stone. should i just set it in to the pot at the right size and water as and when the bonsai requires it. Are they easy to maitain.

I have my hathorne now and the leaves are large how are they made small, does this come with continuous training.

Sam

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Posted on Friday, October 13, 2006 - 01:24 pm:   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hi again Sam,

Yes just water the bonsai, that is enough to keep the baby's tears going.

At this time of year the Hawthorn will loose it's leaves. Next spring when the new ones appear let them grow for a month and then with scissors remove same, the following set of new leaves that grow will be smaller in size. If you wish them to be even smaller, remove again.

This procedure has to be done every year for the first few years as new growth in the Spring usually reverts to the normal size, but as years pass, they will come back in the Spring also smaller, therefore do not over feed your tree during the growing season, otherwise you are defeating the object, if you see what I mean - Kath

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Posted on Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 02:58 pm:   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

thanks

Its somthing ive struggled to find information on.

You wait until the leaves are your desired size and cut them off, but wereabouts do you cut them off.

Sam

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Posted on Saturday, October 14, 2006 - 03:09 pm:   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Leaf Trimming is carried out by cutting through the petiole (the leaf stalk) of every leaf on the tree. It should only be done to healthy trees.

the removal of all the leaves tricks the tree into believing that it has just been through a winter and it produces another set of leaves.

Those leaves are smaller and are produced on finer branches.

Over a few years the branches will develop a fine structure which is a pleasure to look at both in leaf and over winter.

Only leaf trim trees that are truly deciduous, that is trees which shed their leaves over winter.

Kath

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Posted on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 04:33 pm:   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Hi,

Back to landscapes. I have my 'babys tears' and i am going to plant it in.

Does anyone no of any tree species that can be kept very small ( 1-2" high) and bush like.

I have seen pics of them and they look like extremely small bush trees.

Sam

Samhurst - WN4 8QY, Zone "Chinese Elm"
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Posted on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 04:36 pm:   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Does anybody know of any small tree species that can be kept extrmeley small (1-2" high). I have seen pics and they look like small bushes/hedges. They look perfect in landscapes i have recently used babys tears plant that i used for one of my landscapes already.

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Posted on Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 12:28 pm:   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Samhurst wrote on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 04:36 pm:

Does anybody know of any small tree species that can be kept extrmeley small (1-2" high


Yes, theres Arctic Willow oif you can find it! Grows very low to the ground and quite slowly. Produces fluffy catkins too and very hardy!

http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/arctic_willow.htm

And then theres Dwarf Birch(Betula nana)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_Birch

I'd quite like these two myself!

Treelover - County Durham, Zone "8/9"

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