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« on: June 04, 2011, 04:33 AM » |
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Many of you have heard or seen Nick Lenz's poison ivy bonsai (one of his named 'Osama' died this year). However, there was only one time that I saw one in Japan at Yorozu en shohin bonsai nursery. I did not take a picture then when I saw it but found it recently on their website for sale. It was airlayered from a vine section that had a nice twisting form. What do you think? Gloves anyone?  John |
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Jay
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« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2011, 04:57 AM » |
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Very nice John. Most of the time I see a tree online I wish I could see it up close and examine it. This time, the picture is all I need.
It does look very nice, and here I thought Nick was the only one who would attempt this.
Jay
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« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2011, 05:41 AM » |
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Nice pot! He, he, he
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plantmanky
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« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2011, 10:01 AM » |
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Very nice tree John. I'll bet it looks lovely when it has ripe berries and good fall coloration with that blue pot. I have that stuff growing all over my farm and have yet to find a good trunk to collect. I guess I'll just have to do some more wondering around again. I have no fear of the stuff as I'm immune to it and can prune it with my bare hands.
Randy
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« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2011, 10:11 AM » |
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Very interesting John! I'm still looking for that Dandelion with a huge trunk!  D. |
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« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2011, 10:53 AM » |
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WOW, the perfect gift for the mother-in-law.
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Treebeard55
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« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2011, 03:05 PM » |
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They did a fine job. Thanks for posting this, John. And yes, to me it is paradoxical that such a nice bonsai can be shaped by such a noxious plant! (Randy, I'm not like you: I'm just hoping I won't break out from looking at the picture! OK, that's hyperbole.  ) I remember a story of Jerry Stowell's: shortly after he started studying bonsai, he collected a plant he thought was interesting and took it tot the next class. His teacher -- Yoshimura? -- took one look and yelled, "Get that out of here! That's poison ivy!" |
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« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2011, 09:24 AM » |
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Dale, I think I found it!!! I saw this at work this morning along the foundation of the building. windswept dandelion?  john |
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2011, 09:48 PM » |
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WOW, the perfect gift for the mother-in-law.
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Mike Pollock
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« Reply #9 on: June 27, 2011, 10:43 AM » |
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And they said Nick was an original...
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« Reply #10 on: November 20, 2012, 07:07 PM » |
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Poison Ivy
I believe one in five people go through life totally immune to the irritating oils from poison ivy. Another third have a seasonal or episodic sensitivity. That's the category I am in. Sometimes it doesn't bother me, sometimes it does. If one has any number of visitors to see their bonsai, I can't see how you would take the risk having poison ivy on their bench, given the litigious nature of our society.
But then again, I have a few orchids in my collection that have carrion fragrances, pretty to look at, but keep the nose away. So I do get it, fun idea. They are very pretty in autumn. But I wouldn't tell my home owner's insurance agency I had this in the yard.
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Adair M
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« Reply #11 on: November 20, 2012, 10:33 PM » |
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There's nothing wrong with that bonsai that RoundUp wouldn't fix! Somehow, I got a bad poison ivy infection this past summer after bushhogging one of my pastures. There is some poison ivy growing up a couple trees, and I bushhogged around them. I guess somehow some of the oil got onto my jeans, and went thru them. I got a nasty case of poison ivy on my thigh and calves. I never even touched any directly.
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« Reply #12 on: November 21, 2012, 10:00 AM » |
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Cool little guy! I'm in the highly sensitive categorie, so I'll just admire from afar lol Adair, I had to look up bushhogging...never heard that before...city boy |
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