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Fri, Dec 9, 11 at 11:55
| We are no longer able to buy barberry in MA.
I have one in the ground that i would like to split. Can it be split at the roots to make 2 plants. 1/2 would be planted back in the ground and the other would be planted in a pot for training into a bonsai. Any help or advise is appreciated. |
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- Posted by wizzard419 none (My Page) on Sat, Dec 10, 11 at 14:10
| I don't know a lot about that species so hopefully someone here (or in whatever forum related to the species is) but if you can't you might try air layering a branch. That way you could have a plant establish faster than by using seeds or smaller cuttings. |
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- Posted by greenman28 NorCal 7b/8a (My Page) on Sat, Dec 10, 11 at 15:09
| That's a shame, Paul. Berberis are some of the coolest little bonsai I've seen. I was real tempted last year to purchase a plant to shape. Why are they banned? Josh |
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| You (that's the collective 'you') can expect the best results for bonsai with B. thunbergii, unless there are other species in the genus I don't know about that are as predisposed to forming a trunk as thunbergii. Most, if not all, other species are more bramble-like, with a propensity to form innumerable canes instead of a trunk. I do have a wonderful little slow growing dwarf I've been tending for several years that will one day make a very nice 'flame style' plant. I just wish it was green instead of purple. Al |
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| I had one with a 3/4" trunk and It died after 5 years. It was a nice little shohin and I tried to put it in a smaller shohin pot and it did not make it. I think it would still be alive if I had waited until the following spring. I do miss it. Al If you put it in the shade it may turn green like the one I want to split did. |
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| I do appreciate the suggestion, Paul. Thank you, but the plant is B thunbergii atropurpurea 'Bagatelle' and the purple (burgundy, actually) foliage is dictated by the plant's genetic code. Al |
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| Al The one that turned green in the shade is a red pygmy. Paul |
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