All About Vegetation, House Plants, Gardens, Trees ect.

[doglegg]

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[Dinadan]

Cool thread, TPK.

Really? OK then.

My thought also!

It is kind of funny how something as ordinary as a frosty morning can transfigure common plants into things of wonder. Here is a Dandelion seed puff that I photographed last week.

[Ripster]

Cool thread, TPK.

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Really? OK then.

My thought also!

It is kind of funny how something as ordinary as a frosty morning can transfigure common plants into things of wonder. Here is a Dandelion seed puff that I photographed last week.
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Wow Guys , really nice ,looks like a beautiful spring day looking at the plants and flowers . Much appreciated on this cold winter day .

[TPK]

About Bonsai trees. Wikipedia says...:

"Bonsai can be created from nearly any perennial woody-stemmed tree or shrub species[5] that produces true branches and can be cultivated to remain small through pot confinement with crown and root pruning."

I'm looking for an "unkillable" type of tree for use as a Bonsai tree. I have had 5 or 6 Bonsai trees but I have managed to kill them all. I have looked around the internet but I'd rather ask here. You guys know of any trees that can handle too much water as well as too little too late? You can use just about any tree as a Bonsai but I need something I can over water or let it go too dry for a while without any greater damage. A desert/swamp tree if you will. I'm sure it's out there, I just haven't found it yet.
Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Tom

Plastic. You can't kill plastic

[TPK]

Really? OK then.

Beautiful pictures Buddy! Thanks for sharing!

[TPK]

Cool thread, TPK.

Really? OK then.

My thought also!

It is kind of funny how something as ordinary as a frosty morning can transfigure common plants into things of wonder. Here is a Dandelion seed puff that I photographed last week.

[doglegg]

What a great photo Mel. You captured the details perfectly.

[Steve Warden]

About Bonsai trees. Wikipedia says...:

"Bonsai can be created from nearly any perennial woody-stemmed tree or shrub species[5] that produces true branches and can be cultivated to remain small through pot confinement with crown and root pruning."

I'm looking for an "unkillable" type of tree for use as a Bonsai tree. I have had 5 or 6 Bonsai trees but I have managed to kill them all. I have looked around the internet but I'd rather ask here. You guys know of any trees that can handle too much water as well as too little too late? You can use just about any tree as a Bonsai but I need something I can over water or let it go too dry for a while without any greater damage. A desert/swamp tree if you will. I'm sure it's out there, I just haven't found it yet.
Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Tom

Plastic. You can't kill plastic

I deserve that

[TPK]

Plastic. You can't kill plastic

I deserve that

[Waukonda]

Very nice photos, Mel!
BH, what a botanical.garden you have, wow!

Here are pics from my morning ramble, life on a fallen log and an old Oak whose days are.numbered. I am 6'1 and can easily fit into hollowed area of trunk.

[doglegg]

Very nice photos, Mel!
BH, what a botanical.garden you have, wow!

Here are pics from my morning ramble, life on a fallen log and an old Oak whose days are.numbered. I am 6'1 and can easily fit into hollowed area of trunk.

[bighomer]

The boss and I do enjoy our 🪴and

[TPK]

The boss and I do enjoy our 🪴and

Thanks to the many pictures you share, we all can enjoy it.

[Quick Steel]

bighomer, I am completely gobsmacked by your wonderful array of plant life. Everyone's photos are much appreciated and enjoyed.

[bighomer]

My pleasure, thanks for the kind words fellers, I've got a bunch of photos of on my phone , cheers me up on a dreary winter day.

[Waukonda]

My pleasure, thanks for the kind words fellers, I've got a bunch of photos of on my phone , cheers me up on a dreary winter day.

I thought "cheering you Up" was Nikki D's job!

[bighomer]

She along with several others make my day, we are blessed with pretty weather gals.
A ray of sunshine on a breezy day. A little play on words I guess, as NikkI D.Ray, Danielle Breezy and Bree Sunshine Smith are 3 of our local weather girls.

[Unk]

We moved into our new place last May, and I have enjoyed getting to know all the trees on the place. It is 5 acres and very wooded. We sit up on a limestone ridge, and have Live Oak, Post Oak, Cedar, Cedar Elm, and lots of Texas Ash trees. I took down some young skinny Ash trees a few months ago that were blocking my view off the back of the ridge (you can see for miles). I gathered them up to make some walking sticks with my drawknife and turn some mallets on the lathe. I have a few Live Oak trees that have Oak Wilt, and they need to be taken down. I have some beautiful stands of Live Oak, and hopefully I can keep the fungus away from them. I haven't seen any evidence of the Emerald Ash Borer in my Ash trees.

There's a 40 foot elevation change on the property. I have found some ammonites and reef shell fossils from the cretaceous period. It's weird the think this place was all under the sea at one point.

[TPK]

We moved into our new place last May, and I have enjoyed getting to know all the trees on the place. It is 5 acres and very wooded. We sit up on a limestone ridge, and have Live Oak, Post Oak, Cedar, Cedar Elm, and lots of Texas Ash trees. I took down some young skinny Ash trees a few months ago that were blocking my view off the back of the ridge (you can see for miles). I gathered them up to make some walking sticks with my drawknife and turn some mallets on the lathe. I have a few Live Oak trees that have Oak Wilt, and they need to be taken down. I have some beautiful stands of Live Oak, and hopefully I can keep the fungus away from them. I haven't seen any evidence of the Emerald Ash Borer in my Ash trees.

There's a 40 foot elevation change on the property. I have found some ammonites and reef shell fossils from the cretaceous period. It's weird the think this place was all under the sea at one point.

Sounds like you got yourself a beautiful chunck of land. Congrats!
Wish I had something like that.

[Unk]

Thanks Tom. We are real happy here.

[Dinadan]

Unk, your place does sound like a little piece of paradise. My wife and I made a choice to live on the edge of town on a regular subdivision lot, but I do miss the wider spaces of a place like yours.

[Quick Steel]

Unk, Congratulations on acquiring a lovely bit of America. In time I hope you wll share some more photos of your place.

[zzyzzogeton]

We moved into our new place last May, and I have enjoyed getting to know all the trees on the place. It is 5 acres and very wooded. We sit up on a limestone ridge, and have Live Oak, Post Oak, Cedar, Cedar Elm, and lots of Texas Ash trees. I took down some young skinny Ash trees a few months ago that were blocking my view off the back of the ridge (you can see for miles). I gathered them up to make some walking sticks with my drawknife and turn some mallets on the lathe. I have a few Live Oak trees that have Oak Wilt, and they need to be taken down. I have some beautiful stands of Live Oak, and hopefully I can keep the fungus away from them. I haven't seen any evidence of the Emerald Ash Borer in my Ash trees.

There's a 40 foot elevation change on the property. I have found some ammonites and reef shell fossils from the cretaceous period. It's weird the think this place was all under the sea at one point.

Where in Texas are you? Limestone ridges are going to put you in the hill country somewhere.

The Emerald Ash Borer has only been located in a single county in far NE Texas - Harrison County in 2012 and Marion and Cass Counties in 2018. It's anticpated that it will keep spreading and the Texas Forestry Service is very concerned about it.

[Unk]

Thanks, that's good to know it's only been spotted in a few counties. The website I saw just showed that it had been located in Texas without any specifics. From what I read, it had destroyed millions of Ash trees, with no end in sight.

We're in North Texas, in Parker County, west of Fort Worth. Lots of rolling hills and ridges around here.

[keithlong]

A friend of mine gave me some cuttings from her christmas cactus, and now I have of them rooted and off to a good start. I am looking for some easter and thanksgiving cactus cuttings to root next.