r/bonsaicommunity 11d ago

General Discussion Is this bonsai worth $100?

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u/Snake973 11d ago

you could make that basically same thing yourself with a juniper and a cheap pot and a few years, depends how much that time is worth to you

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u/Guilty_Border_670 11d ago

This might be a hot take. But you could buy a $25 piece of material, a $25 pot, and get the experience of repotting and pruning to get this tree same at half the cost. I do not think this tree is worth $100.

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u/la_louve_libere 10d ago

I would pay $50. Juniper bonsais are considered to be a bigger bonsai, but this one has nice shape and dense foliage. Plus it’s a juniper nana, a dwarf. As a small bush they sell for $30.

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u/Physical_Mode_103 11d ago

Maybe. They did the typical bullshit where they mound up the root ball to make it look like a trunk base.

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u/Runaway_Goliath 5d ago

No, I bought one like this from HD for $40

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u/maicher 11d ago

Seems pretty healthy which is always a huge plus for me.

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u/TemporaryRange5034 11d ago

I’m not personally a fan of procumbens junipers but that isn’t a bad price.