Hontch
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New member with new tree, what is it?

Hi, saw this the other day, looked so cute I had to buy it. Any comments, ideas, or ID welcome! Thanks.

[img]https://maxg.co.uk/images/22062008008.jpg[/img]

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Gnome
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Hontch,

Hello and welcome to the site. The notched leaves and flower buds leads me to believe that your tree is a Fukien Tea, or Carmona microphylla. More recently this plant has been reclassified as Ehretia micropylla
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Fukien_Tea_Tree_flower.jpg[/img]

[url]https://www.bonsai4me.com/SpeciesGuide/Carmona.html[/url]
[url]https://www.bonsaihunk.us/info/FukienTea.html[/url]

Norm

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Hontch;
Norm is right on the money. The gray spots on the leaves are a dead give away. Fukien Tea it is...

Phil...

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Phil,

Thanks for the confirmation. Just to double check did you look at the OP's picture or mine because I got mine from elsewhere. I ask because the spots you mentioned are not as pronounced on the original picture as they are on the second one.

BTW, I just purchased a small pot of what I believe to be Schefflera aboricaola. The label from Lowe's just said 'foliage'. It is a Schefflera for sure but the exact species is uncertain to me.

Norm

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Norm;

I had to look again, but it's a Fukien Tea.

Glad to hear you're going to give the Scheff. a try. They pot them up 4-5 to a pot, so you'll have a lot to play with.

Phil...

stoyancho
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hi, Hontch

Very beautiful tree, how much does it cost? - I'm planning to buy Bonsai

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Hey, New to the forum, new to bonsai! Here are my three trees that I bought in the nursery today. The two cedars (I think) are from one pot, sharing a root system. I separated them and re potted one. The other is a miniature boxwood that I was quite beat up that I saved from a nursery. (it was very unruly, and had hacked limbs, and torn leaves.)

Tell me what I did wrong, what I could do better, directions you think I could go... anything!

[img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e223/Ginkooooo/Bonsai%20Starts/Upright3.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e223/Ginkooooo/Bonsai%20Starts/Upright2.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e223/Ginkooooo/Bonsai%20Starts/cascading1.jpg[/img]
This one I am making into a cascade style tree
[img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e223/Ginkooooo/Bonsai%20Starts/cascading2.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e223/Ginkooooo/Bonsai%20Starts/cascading5.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e223/Ginkooooo/Bonsai%20Starts/cascading4.jpg[/img]

[img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e223/Ginkooooo/Bonsai%20Starts/boxwood3.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e223/Ginkooooo/Bonsai%20Starts/boxwood1.jpg[/img]


UPDATE:
I trimmed up the cedar a bit, it was a little to shaggy for my taste, here are the pictures.

[img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e223/Ginkooooo/Bonsai%20Starts/CIMG1740.jpg[/img] [img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e223/Ginkooooo/Bonsai%20Starts/CIMG1741.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e223/Ginkooooo/Bonsai%20Starts/CIMG1742.jpg[/img]

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[quote="Hontch"]Hi, saw this the other day, looked so cute I had to buy it. Any comments, ideas, or ID welcome! Thanks.

looks good indeed! :D

mosk1640
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Without a doubt a Fukien Tea.

japanpsyhic
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Even tough I am no pro, the spikey ones {sorry don't know what they are!} look like they could use a richer soil mix. They also look like they could use some watering! :)



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