Heh.. I made a post in this community an hour ago maybe but I just deleted it (just letting anybody know that might've seen it why I'm posting again
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Brussels has good stuff but they're very, very, very expensive.
My best recommendation for buying a tree is skip the "prebonsai" route, go to a garden center local to where you live and buy a woody shrub that'll be hardy/native to your area (for outdoor trees) or buy a ficus, Natal plum, zelkova, or schifflera for an indoor tree.
The nice thing about the garden-center route is you can get a good solid specimen for about $10-$50 depending on size and age, which is a sight better than paying $40 for a teeny little sapling. And since they're entirely untrained, you have a little more freedom in your styling - prebonsai are often urged to be cascades, uprights, etc before they're sold.
One of my favorite trees is a ficus I picked up for $20 at a local plant shop - I pretty much lopped the top off and it backbudded like crazy and it's on its way to being a pretty nice tree...not bad for $20.
Get yourself a good set of tools and some wire (those you CAN get from Brussels, but I'd suggest shopping around for sales), and you can get
i guess im lucky about ficus.. they would grow on a car fender here... the air here its so humid. in arizona man.. you would have a much better time with conifers who dont really like wet feet so much.. japanese black pine and junipers.. plus you could take them everywhere.
Buxus (Boxwood) is a good way to go too, if you wanna try something indoors. Plus they are cheap and very easy to come by. The only draw backs are that they grow really slowly and don't really impress like with other species in terms of fruiting or flowering. But they do look nice when they get older.
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My best recommendation for buying a tree is skip the "prebonsai" route, go to a garden center local to where you live and buy a woody shrub that'll be hardy/native to your area (for outdoor trees) or buy a ficus, Natal plum, zelkova, or schifflera for an indoor tree.
The nice thing about the garden-center route is you can get a good solid specimen for about $10-$50 depending on size and age, which is a sight better than paying $40 for a teeny little sapling. And since they're entirely untrained, you have a little more freedom in your styling - prebonsai are often urged to be cascades, uprights, etc before they're sold.
One of my favorite trees is a ficus I picked up for $20 at a local plant shop - I pretty much lopped the top off and it backbudded like crazy and it's on its way to being a pretty nice tree...not bad for $20.
Get yourself a good set of tools and some wire (those you CAN get from Brussels, but I'd suggest shopping around for sales), and you can get
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