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Florida Gardening
fawnridge69

My first Bonsai

10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago

Verawood - Bulnesia arborea - is a large tropical tree. The oldest one I've ever seen is in Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami. It's around 60 feet tall.
I have a much smaller one in my garden that threw a million seeds two
years ago. Just for fun and since I have the room I put a couple of
seedlings in 3-gallon cans and let them grow. One of them, a runt, never
grew straight up, instead it hung like a vine.

About a week ago, I chopped it back to within 8" of the soil and put it into a shallow clay pot. Here's a week's worth of new growth.

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  • 26 days ago

    Hey, Ricky! Hope you’re doing great these days!

    I just wanted to say ”thanks” to you for all the thousands of Garden Web posts and instructions on your website and the Swap-a-Ques that taught so many Florida gardeners and landscapers an abundance of your knowledge and experience.

    With appreciation and big-time respect,

    ~Susie

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