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So, you wanted to see my trees. OK, there we go:

On the photo you will see:

A Horse Chestnut. Planted myself, many years ago. Chestnuts can be nice bonsai, but you need a really big, fat trunk. This one doesn't have that. I cut it off too high and it's in a pot. Not going to be a good bonsai.

A forest of Fagus Sylvatica. Not a forest yet, but 7 trees, all in their own pot, being developed for that forest. Pots are different sizes, different depths. Aim is to develop different size trees, different size trunks. Plans: letting it grow one more year again, then decide whether they have sufficiently developed and make plans based on that. They will gradually be repotted in shallower pots, so the process is going to take a few more years.

An Acer Palmatum. The real, original one. Too young to do anything with it, so growing freely. As Acer Palmatum Palmatum isn't offered often, I found it interesting.

Juniper. Just a juniper in a garden pot. Not a bonsai or pre-bonsai. No plans with that one.

Hawthorn and azalea, in the front. All just growing there, waiting to get big enough.

Two more horse chestnuts. In full soil, tops/higher branches pruned regularly, lower branches growing freely to create massive trunks and taper.

Acer Palmatum 'Kyo hime'. Growing in full soil to get a decent trunk. "Hedge" pruned to get more branches to select from in the future.

3 different japanese maples. One of them tiny. All growing in full soil, to create trunks. The large one I will probably not use for bonsai. I love that tree. The afternoon sun shining through its leaves, making the bottom of the leaves a fiery red, is amazing and a view I cannot get enough of.

A Berberis. Very small, has been growing for years and has developed a nice fat, bulky, tapered trunk. I'm going to let it grow another year, probably next year I'll take it out of the soil and make it start its life in a pot.

Syringa Palibin. Gave up on the idea making that a bonsai. The trunk stays too thin - but also, it flowers beautifully and smells amazing - and it attracks lots of bees and bumblebees (my wife likes to pat them on the back).

I may have overlooked a few, and there's more at the other side of the garden, I may make a photo of that.

Sorry for the mess, the garden is still recovering from winter and getting the grass to grow well on our heavy sea clay is a pain in the ass.

The green! God, look at all that green! You have almost all the trees that I wish that I could grow in this forsaken desert.

I dream of moving just for a chance at growing red maple.

It's not always like that. This was little over 2 months ago (oh, hey, that's my Acer Buergerianum. Forgot about that one. Very tall, but almost only branches low down. Going to be chopped, next year maybe, if it has enough taper):

el_cheezer wrote: The green! God, look at all that green! You have almost all the trees that I wish that I could grow in this forsaken desert.

I dream of moving just for a chance at growing red maple.

Have you thought about collecting and growing this magnificent beauty?

Yes! It a gorgeous plant. Unfortunately, most nurseries here don't carry it, and collecting in the wild can be really tricky. The really nice old ones are usually on federal land, which means they are off limits for collecting. I'm working on getting a permit to go hunting for one. It's about a 4 hr drive from home, but I hope to end up with a decent tree.

As a note, this is the edge of my town. Sand and creosote bushes. Rains about 1 or 2 times a year. That's what it looks like in full spring bloom.

And no, the beach isn't anywhere near.

looks like a reason to move

I don't get humans trying to live in a dessert... jeez...

btw Auk. is the tree in your avatar your creation?

el_cheezer wrote: creosote bushes

So, you've got a local species, suitable for bonsai!

eangola wrote: I don't get humans trying to live in a dessert... jeez...

btw Auk. is the tree in your avatar your creation?

Yes sir.