Spread of branches on bonsai

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We survive by knowing we can grow nearly every type of tree ;)
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G'day Graeme, it was a warm 12degrees here yesterday, first time for months I could work outside without my beanie on, you get used to it. I was in nth qld earlier in the winter and it was nice but I couldn't live there, give me some seasonal variation any day.
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Best part about Melbourne is having seasonal variation in each day!
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Yes very cold. I'm wiring in my living room today.
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Re: Spread of branches on bonsai

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Jeff wrote:Yes very cold. I'm wiring in my living room today.
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now thats dedication!! if i brought a tree into the living room with wire and tools and plonked down on the couch with the tree on the coffee table she would pull out the 4/10 i reckon :shock:

im a little luckier at the new place being a highset queenslander i have under the house with lighting :D :D

oh, some "D" trees grow here, just not all of them ;)
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Hey Jamie, we've got Ficus Virens - what else do we need? ;)
And I did the washing today and have now put away all the cold weather gear for another year, YIPPEE!! :P :P
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Post by Matthew »

Im growing larch so that makes up for mild frost bite on my ear lobbs. All i need now is scott, mugo and white pines :)
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