That is my main concern is that every single plant is only a year old in the ground or less. This is what I have to lose...do you sense the panic! Abies balsamea 'Tyler Blue' Abies concolor Abies concolor 'Archer's Dwarf Abies concolor 'Blue Cloak' Abies concolor 'Glauca Compacta' Abies koreana 'Blauer Pfiff ' Abies koreana 'Golden Glow' Abies koreana 'Goldener Traum' Abies koreana 'Horstmann's Silberlocke' Abies lasiocarpa 'Compacta' Abies lasiocarpa 'Martha's Vinyard' Abies pinsapo 'Horstmann' (cannan) Abies procera �Hupp�s Christmas Tree� (noman) Abies procera 'Danish Column' Abies procera 'Glauca Nana' (cannan) Abies procera 'Sherwoodii' (balsam) Abies, nordm 'Golden Spreader' Abies, veitc 'Heddergott' Chamaechparis pisifera 'Golden Charm' Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Saffron Spray' Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Devon Cream' Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Snow' Cupressus nootkatensis 'Green Arrow' Jun. squam. 'Floriant' Juniperus pfitzeriana (x) 'Daub's Frosted' Juniperus squamata 'Dream Joy' Larix �Jacobson�s Pyrimid� Larix laricina 'Blue Sparkler' Larix laricina 'Newport Beauty' Picea abies `Fritsche' Picea abies `Gold Dust' Picea abies `Jacobsen' Picea abies `Will's Zwerg' Picea abies �Cupressina� Picea abies �Katherine�s Golden Heart� Picea abies 'Diffusa' Picea abies 'Elegantissama' Picea abies Gregg�s Seedling Picea Abies 'Kellerman's Blue Cameo' Picea abies 'Kellerman's Blue Cameo' Picea abies 'Pusch' Picea abies 'Wingles Weeper' Picea brew. 'Emerald Midget' Picea engelmanii 'Compacta' Picea engelmannii 'Blue Magoo' Picea engelmannii 'Bush's Lace' Picea glauca `Echiniformis' Picea glauca 'Burning Well' Picea glauca Cleveland Rd. Picea glauca 'Daisy White' Picea glauca 'Dent' Picea glauca 'Hillside' Picea glauca 'Ketch Harbor' Picea glauca 'Mac's Gold' Picea glauca 'McConnell's Gold' Picea glauca 'Pendula' Picea glauca 'Yukon Blue' Picea jezoenis 'Howell's Dwarf Tigertail' Picea mariana `Nana' Picea mariana 'Aureovariegata' Picea mariana 'Blue Teardrop' Picea mariana 'Blue Tier Drop' Picea mariana 'Golden' Picea omorika `Osmaston #1' Picea omorika �de Ruyter' Picea omorika 'Nana' Picea omorika 'Pendula Bruns' Picea omorika 'Peve tijn' Picea omorika 'Pimoko' Picea orientalis 'Atrovirens' Picea orientalis `Barnes' Picea orientalis �Aureospicata� Picea orientalis �Tom Thumb Gold� Picea orientalis 'Connecticut Turnpike' Picea orientalis 'Mount Vernon' Picea orientalis 'Silver Seedling' Picea orientalis 'Skylands' Picea orientalis 'Tom Thumb' Picea pungens `St. Mary's Broom' Picea pungens �Sester Dwarf� Picea pungens �Spring Blast� Picea pungens 'Blue Pearl' Picea pungens 'Blue Totem' Picea pungens 'Donna's Rainbow' Picea pungens 'Fat Albert' Picea pungens 'Gebelle's Golden Spring' Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa' Picea pungens 'Glauca Globosa' Picea pungens 'Hoopsii' Picea pungens 'Iseli Fastigiate' Picea pungens 'Montana Ave.' Picea pungens 'R.H. Montgomery' Picea pungens 'Royal Knight' Picea pungens 'The Blues' Picea Pungens 'Thuem' Picea pungens 'Wisconsin Cream' Picea rubens `HB' ('Hexenbesen) Picea sitchensis `Papoose' Picea x mariorika 'Machala' Picea, abies 'Motala' Pins sylvestris 'Watereri' Pinus Banksiana 'Schoodic' Pinus cembra Pinus cembra `Stricta' (Fastigiata) Pinus cembra 'Blue Mound' Pinus cembra 'Glauca Compacta' Pinus cembra 'Klein' Pinus contorta 'Chief Joseph' Pinus contorta 'Taylor's Sunburst' Pinus densiflora 'Jane Kluis' Pinus densiflora 'Low Glow' Pinus heldreichii Pinus heldreichii `Compact Gem' Pinus heldreichii 'Green Bun' Pinus heldreichii 'Smidtii' Pinus koraiensis `Tabuliformis' Pinus koraiensis 'Dragon Eye' Pinus koreansis 'Anna' Pinus koreansis 'Silveray' Pinus Leucodermis 'Irish Bell' Pinus longaeva 'Sherwood Compact' Pinus mugo `Pal Maleter' Pinus mugo `Zundert' Pinus mugo 'Carstens' Pinus nigra 'Oregon Green' Pinus parviflora `Billie' (M-par 4) Pinus parviflora 'Adcock's Dwarf'' Pinus parviflora 'Arnold's Arboretum Dwarf' Pinus parviflora 'Catherine Elizabeth' Pinus parviflora 'Glauca' Pinus parviflora 'Goldilocks' Pinus parviflora 'Hagoromo' Pinus Parviflora 'Miyajima' Pinus parviflora 'Tempelhof' Pinus parviflora 'Yatsubusa' Pinus pumila `Dwarf Blue' Pinus reflexa �Vanderwolf�s Pyramid Pinus reflexa 'Extra Blue' Pinus resinosa 'Don Smith' Pinus strobus 'Blue Shag' Pinus strobus 'Coney Island' Pinus strobus 'Girard Contorta Nana' Pinus strobus 'Mini Twists'� Pinus strobus 'Minuta' Pinus strobus 'Nana' Pinus strobus 'Pendula' Pinus strobus 'Stowe Pillar' Pinus strobus 'Tiny Curls' Pinus strobus 'Wintergold' Pinus sylvestris `Gold Medal' Pinus sylvestris 'Gold Coin' Pinus sylvestris 'Hillside Creeper' Pinus sylvestris 'Mitch Weeping' Pinus sylvestris 'Moseri' Pinus thunbergii 'Thunderhead' Pinus uncinata 'Caesar' Pinus uncinata 'Silver Candles' Pinus x 'Forest Sky' Pinus, densi 'Golden Ghost' Pinus, strob 'Coronado' Platycladus orientalis `Morgan' Platycladus orientalis 'Franky Boy' Sciad, verti 'Joe Kozey' Sciadopitys v. 'Mitsch Select' Taxodium distichum 'Peve Minaret' Thuja occidentalis 'Concabe' Thuja occidentalis 'Linesville' Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold' Thuja occidentalis 'Sunkist' Thuja standishii x plicata 'Green Giant' Tsuga canadensis 'Gentsch White' Tsuga canadensis 'Moon Frost' Tsuga canadensis 'Pendula' Tsuga canadensis 'Vermeulen Wintergold' Tsuga mertensiana Tsuga, merte 'Elizabeth' Miscanthus sinensis Purpurascens Penstemon Dark Towers Chrysanthemum 'Coral Daisy' Chrysanthemum 'Red Daisy' Chrysanthemum 'Sheffield' Hemerocallis 'Lime Frost' Miscanthus sinensis Dixieland Miscanthus sinensis Graziella Miscanthus sinensis Malepartus Salvia nemorosa Blue Hill Sedum Vera Jameson Althea 'Blue Satin' Barberry 'Rosey Glow' Cleathra 'Vanilla Spice' Cotinus x 'Grace' Fothergilla gardenii Ginkgo biloba 'Mariken' Ginkgo Biloba 'Pete's Dwarf' Hamamelis 'Girard's Purple' Hamamelis x intermedia 'Jelena' Hydrandea 'Mystic Flame' Hydrangea paniculata 'Little Lime' Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice' Itea 'Little Henry' Magnolia 'Jane' Physocarpus opulifolius 'Coppertina' Rhododendron x 'Roseum Elegans' Rosa 'Meidrifora' (Coral Drift) Rosa 'Sunrise Sunset' Viburnum c. Spiced Bouquet Viburnum 'Hildebrants' Viburnum lantana 'Variegatum' Viburnum nudum 'Bulk' Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum Viburnum pragense 'Decker' Viburnum 'Summer Snowflake' Viburnum x 'Cayuga' Weigela florida 'Dwarf Variegated' Weiglea 'Shining Sensation' Acer buergerianum 'Miyasama yatsubusa' Acer campestre 'Carnival'� Acer circinatum 'Bort's Dwarf'� Acer circinatum 'Del's Dwarf'� Acer griseum Acer palmatum �Brandt's Dwarf� Acer palmatum �Caperci Dwarf� Acer palmatum �Coonara Pygmy� Acer palmatum dissectum 'Orangeola' Acer palmatum 'Emperor 1' Acer palmatum 'Fireglow' Acer palmatum 'Red Dragon' Acer palmatum 'Sango Kaku' Acer rubrum ' Sun Valley' Acer rubrum 'Resupszam' aka Super Sonic Red Acer saccharum 'Fall Fiesta' Acer shirasawanum �Bashful� Acer shirasawanum 'Autumn Moon' Acer shirasawanum 'Jordan'� Aesculus parviflora Aesculus pavia Aesculus x 'Autumn Splendor' Berberis 'Red Jewel' Carpinus caroliniana Cercidiphyllum japonicium Cercis canadensis Chionanthus virginicus Cornus alternifolia Cornus alternifolia �W. Stockman� aka Golden Shadows Cornus kousa 'Aurora' Cornus kousa 'Milky Way' Cornus kousa 'Samaritian' Cornus mas Fagus sylvatica `Mercedes' Fagus sylvatica 'Red Oblisk' Fagus sylvatica 'Tricolor' Ginkgo 'Autumn Gold' Ginkgo 'Autumn Gold' Ginkgo biloba 'Jade Butterflies' Ginkgo biloba 'White Lightning'� Heptacodium miconioides Juniperus squamata 'Blue Star' Liriodendron tulipifera Malus 'Coralburst Malus 'Firbird' Metasequoia glyptostroboides Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Jack Frost' Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Miss Grace' Nyssa sylvatica Nyssa sylvatica 'Sheri's Cloud' Ostrya virginiana Parrotia persica 'Vanessa'� Plantanus x acerifolia 'Morton Circle' Quercus xreifii var. warei x Q. alba �Birthday Candle�

There are many bonsai trees bought/sold for prices in excess of one million dollars. In other countries, patrons purchase the trees as investments and entrust them to the care of their favorite (bonsai) master. It's very common for the trees winning their category at bonsai shows in Europe & Asia, especially Asia, to never have been touched (worked on) by the owner - only the master or perhaps one of his favored apprentices, depending on the value of the tree.

I live in New Zealand and have fought a real battle to grow these plants. We are equvalent to US zone 9, temperate climate. They are susceptible to sudden collapse and root rot, as well as botrytis. They flower like mad if kept slightly pot bound and exposed to lots of direct morning sun. Be careful though as too pot bound impedes drainage and very quickly causes stem rot in these plants. The key seems to be lots of water but with excellent drainage and drier when it is cool. Fallen leaves and flowers causes botrytis almost overnight, so keep the plant clean. A systemic fungicide solved my problems with the Guinea Impatiens and the wilt or sudden collapse problems. Our southern hemisphere midday+ sun is much to bright for them in summer, so they are kept partially shaded in afternoons. They won't flower in full shade, get leggy and eventually collapse. They love misty fine rain in our hot/dry summer and lots of water. I water mine with tepid-warm water like you do with African violets, so as not to shock the plant with sudden cold. Our winters can be rather cold and very wet, so I keep them indoors but fairly close to a window with sun/lots of light and reasonably dry, but never arid to the point where they wilt. I had two 3-year old plants in buckets which flowered beautifully and were fairy large, but they were hit by a rogue frost, albiet a light one and died virtually that day. Each colour of the Guinea Impatiens seems to have different hardiness. The purple colour is by far the strongest and easiest to grow in my opinion, while I find red and white more difficult. Pink is also easy to flower, big blooms but a much smaller plant. Odd eh. Even with failures, I keep buying these plants because they are just so lovely.

in adrian mi.;. i have the dwarf miss kim ... second bloom is very sporadic ... and it took quite a few years before it did so enough for me to notice ... in other words ... it will but dont have high hopes for a great show ... also.. in july/august .... it might not seem to be as fragrant.. and the blooms wont last as long.. due to the heat ... also ... it isnt more than 4 or 5 feet ... which may or may not be the height you need ... the point of the story .... you have great responses above.. but not the MI experience ... i have no clue how this might all apply to the cultivars you note ... ken ps: dont limit yourself at the edge of the property line ... a nice smallish tree ... between that line.. and the deck can be a much more effective sight line block .... in a shorter time ... think outside the box your already in ...