This here is an unhappy bunny getting ready to give a good rant. But before I incinerate anyone, I may as well break up the multitudinous lines of text with a few pretty pics.
One of several Camellias in the garden that we will never convert into a bonsai. Why? Check out the size of its leaves and the flower. Not unless the bonsai is going to be 4-foot tall. And we already have one of those (and no, that bonsai is not a Camellia, it's a
yamadori Scots Pine). AFAIK, nothing will reduce the size of that flower - no matter how small the pot you put it in, no matter how little food you give it. And if you are starving your bonsai you ought to be ashamed of yourself. (Although I suppose we could get into a technical discussion about whether plants really 'eat' or not....)
And on the other end of the scale, here's a 2-year old Blackberry (Rubus fructicosus) accent plant that self-seeded itself in the garden (yes, thank you blackbirds) and is about 3 in / 18 cm including the pot.
OK, so the lay-out artist in me is satisfied. Back to my fuming and fulminating in my corner here....
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