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Posted: **September 8th, 2011, 9:19 pm**

Japanese maple cause og the leaf structure the 5 petal leaf it soooooooooooo cool
cheers dean

Posted: **September 8th, 2011, 9:47 pm**

I second dragon's choice, looking forward to mine blooming soon

Posted: **September 9th, 2011, 8:32 am**

Prunus Mume all the way!!! hehe

Posted: **September 9th, 2011, 1:23 pm**

prunus mume for me aswell.
or swamp cypress.

Posted: **September 9th, 2011, 1:54 pm**

Good thread.

I would have to agree with Ken and Neal
Deshojo or Satsuki - probably leaning toward the Azalea.
Why...
What sparked my enthusiasm for Bonsai was an Azalea that Ray Nesci owns, i saw this tree at a Garden Trade Show where i was also exhibiting.
This 'thing' was completely covered in flowers, no leaves visible - from memory he named it Fairy Floss, whether he was just playing around with me or not - but it honestly looked magnificent. Its been 3 years since i first saw that bonsai and if i close my eyes, i can still see it sitting on that bench.

Why... to try and replicate that bonsai.

Dave

Posted: **September 9th, 2011, 3:57 pm**

A native like a bottle brush or a silver birch both mature trees for me..

Cheers.

Posted: **September 9th, 2011, 4:24 pm**

A really, really good one,

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For me it would have to be 'Olea europaea (africana)' because of the gnarled old trunks, the small dark green leaves against the light grey bark.

chris

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