I would like to get a banyan tree cutting or other source that I could use to start a tree for bonsai. Let me know if you have anything that can help me get this tree started. Thank you. Dave

figfarmer, yeah, I know that. But I was aiming for the search engines to spider this, and when anyone types "killing a fig tree", it might come up with this. And if I'm lucky, that person happens to be in the local bay area. = ) Oh, well, just looking for blind luck, because I really want a large tree.

I have Gkinkgo Baloba tree seeds and Shenandoah Pawpaw seeds. What do you have to trade

Sylvia, they have seed pods on them now....I can send you about a million seeds in a couple of months, but if it ever gets out that you got them started in your area, they might string you up. I believe I read somewhere that the original owner of Teas Nursery in Houston is the one who brought them here and got them started. They do make a fast growing tree that has fall color....something not very plentiful around here...fall coloring. I don't think they make a very long lived tree though....maybe 30 to 40 years. Let me know if you still want some seeds and I can send you all you want in a few months. They are also a very messy tree....always dropping something....blooms, seeds, the seed pods themselves, and leaves....but if you want some seeds, I can send you all you want. I remember about 25 years ago, someone was buying the seeds....when they first drop they are white, then turn black. I think they wanted just the white ones....was going to try to find a use for them....making what, I don't know. I remember my neighbor at the time was collecting the seeds to sell.