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Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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Geez, there are so many non-poisonous trees that do well as bonsai I can't imagine why anyone would do this. I admire the work of Nick Lenz, but when I do "bonsai from the wild" I prefer to collect a conifer from the mountains.
Geez, there are so many non-poisonous trees that do well as bonsai I can't imagine why anyone would do this. I admire the work of Nick Lenz, but when I do "bonsai from the wild" I prefer to collect a conifer from the mountains.
Says the person with Hemlock as a screen name !! Ingesting more than 150–300 milligrams of coniine, approximately equivalent to six to eight hemlock leaves, can be fatal for adult humans. The seeds and roots are also toxic, more so than the leaves.
There is no way I'd allow poison ivy bonsai inside my house or on my property. I prefer trees that I can fondle with bare hands.
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Says the person with Hemlock as a screen name !! Ingesting more than 150–300 milligrams of coniine, approximately equivalent to six to eight hemlock leaves, can be fatal for adult humans. The seeds and roots are also toxic, more so than the leaves.
So says the first thing on Google anyway.
LOL. I guess Google doesn't know there's such a thing as western hemlock trees (Tsuga heterophylla) which are conifers and are not toxic at all. I'm pretty sure Hemlock140 chose that name because of his bonsai work with different kinds of trees. The soft foliaged nature of hemlock trees allows the bonsai artists to produce some of the most exquisite examples of the bonsai art forms. They are also known as the Tree of Life in western coastal lore.
Poison ivy is a pretty pant with wonderful fall color. However, to bonsai a plant you would need to handle it rather extensively. It would certainly be easier to use a different plant that was more user friendly
Location: East of Seattle since 1992, 615' Elevation, Zone 8b - originally from SF Bay Area
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There is no way I'd allow poison ivy bonsai inside my house or on my property. I prefer trees that I can fondle with bare hands.
LOL. I guess Google doesn't know there's such a thing as western hemlock trees (Tsuga heterophylla) which are conifers and are not toxic at all. I'm pretty sure Hemlock140 chose that name because of his bonsai work with different kinds of trees. The soft foliaged nature of hemlock trees allows the bonsai artists to produce some of the most exquisite examples of the bonsai art forms. They are also known as the Tree of Life in western coastal lore.
Yes, good catch. My name comes from my oldest tree, a Western Hemlock from Vancouver Island B.C that was 140 years old when I joined CD. I still have it, and it's now more like 153. A picture of it is on here somewhere. My latest was a Mountain Hemlock collected from White Pass in the Cascade Mountains, about 50 years old.
Yes, good catch. My name comes from my oldest tree, a Western Hemlock from Vancouver Island B.C that was 140 years old when I joined CD. I still have it, and it's now more like 153. A picture of it is on here somewhere. My latest was a Mountain Hemlock collected from White Pass in the Cascade Mountains, about 50 years old.
Airborne urushiol can cause people sensitive to it breathing problems.
We had to vacate a campground that was loaded with poison ivy- she was definitely having a hard time breathing. Got out of there it got better. I couldn’t imagine keeping it in an enclosed space.
Yes, good catch. My name comes from my oldest tree, a Western Hemlock from Vancouver Island B.C that was 140 years old when I joined CD. I still have it, and it's now more like 153. A picture of it is on here somewhere. My latest was a Mountain Hemlock collected from White Pass in the Cascade Mountains, about 50 years old.
How do you get a 153 year old tree that small? I going out on a limb here and assume you are not 153 years old. I get that the bonsai stuff keeps it small, but where do you get one from nature that's still small and 50-100 old? We've got a lot of old trees beat down from the weather here in Alaska but even those tend to be at least several feet tall.
I'll second that. It's a lovely looking little tree.
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I guess Google doesn't know there's such a thing as western hemlock trees (Tsuga heterophylla) which are conifers and are not toxic at all. I'm pretty sure Hemlock140 chose that name because of his bonsai work with different kinds of trees. The soft foliaged nature of hemlock trees allows the bonsai artists to produce some of the most exquisite examples of the bonsai art forms. They are also known as the Tree of Life in western coastal lore.
