That may be why I haven't seen a gingko bonsai that I've liked...they look
ungainly, rather than the graceful specimens I'd expect from bonsai'd
plants.
> ..... but what was the point in the the question Barb? I am a dummie
> sometimes you know ... or was it a kind of joke or ???
It was a kind of joke, because I mentioned that you were quick to list your
three since you had just been to a bonsai workshop. Add in that one of the
webpages I found was about bonsai, and that reference included Gingkoes in
conifers -- since both are gymnosperms. It was a joke to go along with
Margaret's '...leaves that D-R-O-P.' Bob's question was about conifer trees
that do drop leaves/needles. Gingkoes are very primitive trees that drop
leaves...trees that some/several references still include as conifers,
despite their fruiting pattern. They do have unique leaf vein patterns,
too.
Yeah, I had better. :)
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsett@blueriver.net
Time is what keeps things from happening all at once.
- as the newest here to bonsai I suppose you expect me to answer ... but
then it is this english langiauge and mee: I read this and are still slow
in understanding ..
- regarding Gingko and bonsai: *my* opinion is that this is a plant not
very suitable for bonsai - not easy to make a nice bonsai of it
...... but what was the point in the the question Barb? I am a dummie
sometimes you know ... or was it a kind of joke or ???
We prune both root and branches when making a bonsai yes - we also unleaf
the decidious plants with bigger leafs like Ulmus, Prunus and so early in
summer so the new leaf coming out will be smaller.
---- but I can't sit here and explain it all how to do a bonsai - you
better have some look in that website?
The point is just a lot of knowlegde about plants and a feeling for art -
then it is possible to make bonsai for most gardeners :)
Arnhild
:) Arnhild - z8'er in chilly latitude 60 - Hardanger in Norway
*All the flowers of all the of tomorrows are in the seeds of today*
