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Chapter 22 Developing Nursery Stock
into Bonsai
For many years I have been using 'Progression Series' containing images of
the same tree over a number of years to illustrate the effect of bonsai techniques
over time. This short progression series is intended to show the importance of
pruning back nursery stock/garden centre material hard if it is to be used for
bonsai.
Many beginners enjoy purchasing and then styling nursery stock into bonsai.
However, very often the enthusiast will find it difficult to prune a newly
acquired plant sufficiently hard enough, resulting in a spindly looking bonsai
with a weak-looking trunk.
December 2006: This Euonymous alatus/Winged Spindle or Burning Bush
was purchased at a local Garden Centre Sale for just £10GBP. This is quite a
typical purchase that one can make from Nurseries and is often made by
enthusiasts with the intention of using the stock to make a bonsai.
Here the tree can be seen just after purchase; it is approximately 24"/59cm
tall having already been reduced in height by half at the Garden Centre.
