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Posted: Nov/22/2007 10:45 PM PST
Just thought I would share a couple of photos of trees in neighbouring yards. The first one is a large eucalyptus tree, a favourite with a large number of the local birdlife  . Number two is a beautiful big mango tree. Don't know how fruitful it is, as we are on the fringes of mango growing territory  .
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Posted: Nov/22/2007 11:12 PM PST
Those are such wonderful trees! My Mom has a eucalyptus in her yard that she planted about 5 yrs ago in Wilmington, NC and it has done very well, and I see a lot of them in Alki here (the actual start of Seattle) and they are great too. I have thought about a Mango. I want to Bonsai it. Don't tell me I can't! I am Bonsai'ing an orange right now because someone told me I could not. I want to work on a cashew again, I was working on one...that I had to leave. Shame, I think I was on the cusp of success on one when I had to leave it 3000 miles away *sigh*....those pics give me ideas. I think I could do a mango by looking at the natural shape there. My hardest part would only really be training the leaves. Thanks so much for the pics, as it has given me some inspiration. That is ALL I need as I have too many exotic tree seeds and cannot really do anything with them till it gets a bit warmer here. I really must come up with some sort of tree nursery... |
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Posted: Nov/23/2007 3:35 AM PST
Mentioning bonsaiing an orange stirred an ancient memory in me, of my mother using the 1/2 orange skins (dried out) left after juicing, to grow seeds of fruit she had eaten. They naturally miniaturised. Don't think she was too serious about it, just dabbled. The lower branches of the mango certainly look as though they had been trained bonsai-style but I think that is just the way they grow, fortunately. Can't see why it can't be done
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