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StaceyR
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Complete beginner Reply with quote
What is the name of the tree in pic 3147. It looks like poison ivy except the trunk.
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yamadorinige
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:10 pm    Post subject: Re: Complete beginner Reply with quote
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What is the name of the tree in pic 3147. It looks like poison ivy except the trunk.


That is horse chestnut/ conker tree(Aesculus hippocastanum)
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StaceyR
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:52 am    Post subject: Re: Complete beginner Reply with quote
Glad it's not poison ivy! Very Happy Somebody would not have been a happy bonsaist
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heatherrrs
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Joined: 29 Jun 2008
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Complete beginner Reply with quote
ha ha ha ha!
lol.
Laughing

i shall be buying some more plants soon, and will post picks of my conifers soon.
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Dick
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Joined: 21 Aug 2004
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Location: Western New York State, USA - Zone 4b
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:14 am    Post subject: Re: Complete beginner Reply with quote
I've been playing around with a conker that a squirrel planted behind the shed for a few year. I've gotten it to a nice size, cut it back to about 15 inches and have leaf pruned it this year for the first time. So far so good!
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heatherrrs
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Complete beginner Reply with quote
I now have a cotoneaster as well.
pictures are on photobucket. account name is 1122334 if you want to look.
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heatherrrs
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Complete beginner Reply with quote
I now also have 2 chinese elms, different sizes.
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Stymie
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Joined: 18 Aug 2004
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Complete beginner Reply with quote
Wow! they're breeding folks. Isn't that the way to bonsaiholicism?
I think that it's time to put a few details in your profile H.
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