Mali84
Seedling
Agree, ultimately my responsibility. I would have preferred to have left the tree in its original pot but it was quite badly damaged.i thought slip potting might have been ok but it’s clearly stressed the tree significantly.
Larch : beginning of the end?
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ForeverRaynning
Mame
Paging @RoadManDenDron @BobbyLane (probably others too, these are just two helpful UK folks I can think off of top of my head)
Greenwood Bonsai Studio, Kaizen (not a nursery per se but do sometimes have trees listed), Herons Bonsai, North of England Bonsai are the ones that spring to mind immedietly, other people may have more ideas/names.
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Orion_metalhead
Masterpiece
Id probably spend all my money at Greenwood if I lived in the UK...
WNC Bonsai
Masterpiece
My money would go to Greenwood too. He seems to get a lot of seedlings in each spring to pot up as prebonsai. He may have a few left. I just fpu d my old post when I went though this tyoe,of experience with my larch. I doubt your experience is sudden larch death but since this is specific to the UK it would be good to be aware of. My learned lesson was to avoid full sun in summer.
Betula1
Mame
I was under the impression that the larch had been recently bought then slip-potted by Mali 84 , due to the damaged pot ,which I agree is a bad idea and this continued drought and hot summer is causing damage to a lot of plants both in pots and established in the ground . Ive see a lot of internet traders digging up larch saplings, potting them and selling as 'Bonsai' starters before they are properly established in their pots.
Betula1
Mame
Regards yourMy money would go to Greenwood too. He seems to get a lot of seedlings in each spring to pot up as prebonsai. He may have a few left. I just fpu d my old post when I went though this tyoe,of experience with my larch. I doubt your experience is sudden larch death but since this is specific to the UK it would be good to be aware of. My learned lesson was to avoid full sun in summer.
For what its worth 'Sudden Larch Death' is caused by Phytopthora ramorum in UK and can kill Japanese Larch, Sweet Chestnut, Red Oak spp, also Rhododendron , Vaccinium , Pieris and Kalmia to name just a few, and that spp of Phytophthora is also found in USA ( Known there as Sudden Oak Death,) killing Live Oak and other spp in your Oregon forests, so its quite possible that it might also infect other native USA trees and shrubs including your native Larch.... Just Saying!!
RoadManDenDron
Chumono
yes you can't really go wrong with greenwood,
Depending where you are in the UK there are also other places you can go in person
I'd advise you attend the bigger shows (again depending where you are) as many traders in the same place
No offence here but even nursery material can teach you a lot about keeping trees alive, water and sun needs before shelling out more for specialised bonsai
Although pls don't get me wrong, you want to be investing in proper material as soon as you're ready to keep it alive
In future I find bonsai 4 me has great info for caring for most species in UK, all compiled from Harry's own experience too
Depending where you are in the UK there are also other places you can go in person
I'd advise you attend the bigger shows (again depending where you are) as many traders in the same place
No offence here but even nursery material can teach you a lot about keeping trees alive, water and sun needs before shelling out more for specialised bonsai
Although pls don't get me wrong, you want to be investing in proper material as soon as you're ready to keep it alive
In future I find bonsai 4 me has great info for caring for most species in UK, all compiled from Harry's own experience too
Betula1
Mame
Depending where you live, Dave Cheshire at Coventry is good as well ,with a wide range of home grown trees and some imports.
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