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Golden Arrow Bonsai

"Let Yourself Go Wild"

Ancient Collected Trees

Andrew Smith, 22473 Alpine Acres Dr., Deadwood, S.D. 57732 605-342-4467 goldenarrowbonsai@gmail.com

This is Page 2 -Updated 3/29/23

Trees for Bonsai

200. Tree # 200S56.  Species: Black Hills spruce. Estimated age: 125 years. Collected 10/2016. Price: $525. Estimated shipping: $175. Comments: An old literati spruce.

I've heard that the arches in a medeival cathedral are meant to feel like a forest arching overhead. This is one we got to go into in Belgium. I tried, but I didn't feel like I was in a forest. But it was inspiring.

201. An unusual lightning strike. The tree was hit and caught on fire, which burned all the way up into the crown. It must have made quite a torch! Although some branches died, the tree itself lived and continues to grow.

202. Tree # 202P615. Species: Ponderosa pine. Estimated age: 25 years. Collected 3/2022. Price: $85. Estimated shipping: $35. Comments: A nice small pine.

205. Tree # 205P627.

Species: Ponderosa pine.

Estimated age: 25 years.

Collected: 05/2022.

Price: $150.

Estimated shipping: $85.

Comments: You can see this tree was lopped off in a forest thinning project, but survived and kept growing. What can you do with it now?

206. Equisetum in the Black Hills.

207. It's hard to see it, but this old pine was nearly cut through with a chainsaw during a forest thinning project. Left for dead, years later it continues to grow anyway.

208. Tree# 208P622.

Species: Ponderosa pine.

Estimated age: 30 years.

Collected: 5/2022.

Price: $75.

Estimated shipping: $40.

Comments: Nice small pine with a taper problem. How can you solve that?

203. Tree # 203P612. Species: Ponderosa pine. Estimated age: 60 years. Collected: 11/2021. Price: $250. Estimated shipping: $135. Comments: Naturally graceful. It should make an excellent bonsai.

210. Tree# 210H60. Species: Diamond willow. Estimated age: 25 years. Collected: 5/2021. Price: $225. Estimated shipping: $135. Comments: Yellow or white spring flowers and rapid growth.

209. Tree# 209P619.

Species: Ponderosa pine.

Estimated age: 15 years.

Collected: 3/2022.

Price: $175.

Estimated shipping: $60. Comments: A natural seven-tree group. Very hard to find!

204. Tree # 204P624 Species: Ponderosa pine. Estimated age: 80 years. Collected 4/2022. Price: $150. Estimated shipping: $65. Comments:  A small character pine.

211. Tree# 211P617.  Species: Ponderosa pine. Estimated age: 30 years. Collected: 4/2022. Price: $125. Estimated shipping: $45. Comments: Rugged trunk in need of a little design.

In a mountain crevice

In a sidewalk crevice