sourcing stones not for suiseki but for bonsai purposes

[jarryd]

i am trying to source some intersting rocks to purchase for purposes such as root over rock and saikei.

does anyone know where i may be able to purchase some from? or has any that they may be willing to sell, small medium large to very large i am after anything with a bit of character

cheers jarryd

[Regan]

I don't have any at the moment but might after Easter I'm going on a hunt for rocks and trees

I have seen some nice rocks at pet stores/aquariums, expensive though

cheers Regan

[jarryd]

thanks regan good luck with the hunt, hopefully you find some nice stones and material, what trees are you going to collect, privet, celtis, figs haha ?? i love searching for yamadori aswell its a shame its so hard to obtain permission and permits.

i look forward to seeing what you find.

[Regan]

Yep celtis and figs, don't need a permit for celtis as far as I know they are a declared pest, what sort of rocks are you after

[Jamie]

depending on what size you are after i know tess at morayfield has some nice rocks for shohin or mame trees ROR, i got one for a corky bark elm. its about the size of my fist, bout 12cm diameter. it was $10 and was very interesting.

consider using deadwood aswell as deadwood is a little more accessable and you can treat it to harden and colour aswell.

[jarryd]

yeh celtis and privet both are pests, figs however you may need to be a bit carefull about.

jamie im probably after a but bigger then shohin and mame however if these rocks are nice i may be able to cement a few together,

driftwood i find is harder to incorperate then rock as wood is often attempted in a very half assed way with a twig in a pot often attached to a big ugly peice of wood. although this is not what im after for what i want to do i need stone i want to make a cliff style planting.

however if done correctly tanuki can be very nice but these are few and far between, i have had a peice of wood for about 7 years with the intention of creating one it is an extremely nice the peice of wood, which i collected when i was 12 and decided it might make a nice fish tank ornament soon after this i took up bonsai great decision. haha so if anyone also knows a source for tall skinny shimpaku now jamie has jogged my memory of this project id be interested.

cheers jarryd

[MelaQuin]

Do the rounds of some aquarium stores. They can have real or faux stones that would work for bonsai. Check out wood as well. The other option is landscapers. They can get some interesting bush rocks that can be stunning with bonsai. Some larger nurseries will also have landscaping rocks or may have rocks in a display that you could try to purchase.

[Jamie]

the aquarium stored do make good rocks, i actually have a couple of rocks i would be willing to sell for 50 each, they cost a little more than that, they are actually designed to be water feature rocks which you can run water through but they have pockets that you can plant into, if you want pics and are interested pm me