[ID] my upcoming bonsai

MrAwesome · Post by **MrAwesome** » September 9th, 2012, 2:11 pm

Hello everyone, I'm very new to this forum and have just started wanting to learn all about the majestic art of bonsai. But to get off on the right foot, I'm needing to know exactly what i have so i can research everything i need to know about it. I've never planted anything before and am very worried i might kill it. Any help with this would be much appreciated thank you

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Post by **kcpoole** » September 9th, 2012, 2:24 pm

Looks like Liquidambar styrafluacia to me. also know as American sweetgum.
check this search for some examples here
search.php?fid []=129

Ken

Mojo Moyogi · Post by **Mojo Moyogi** » September 9th, 2012, 7:52 pm

kcpoole wrote:Looks like Liquidambar styrafluacia to me. also know as American sweetgum.
check this search for some examples here
search.php?fid []=129

Ken

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Mr A,
Liquidambars make very presentable bonsai, the down side is that they are best as medium to large trees (60cm+) due to the size of the leaves. It will take some time to achieve this.

Good luck.

Cheers,
Mojo

MrAwesome · Post by **MrAwesome** » September 9th, 2012, 8:32 pm

Thank you both for your advice. Would you happen to know how to start things off?

Post by **kcpoole** » September 9th, 2012, 10:30 pm

MrAwesome wrote:Thank you both for your advice. Would you happen to know how to start things off?

Plant out in a the garden or a large pot and get some girth into the trunk. A few years in the ground will make it mauch larger and give you the option to trunck chop a few times to provide taper as well.

Growing from seed is long term way to get bonsai, but given the time can acieve great results.
LA make a really nice larger sized tree as the leaves do not easily reduce in size.
Look at the wiki on trunk chops to get you on the way to developing the trunck

Ken

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