Dee - way cool!!
Pictures some time.
I have about 20 bonsai all of which I grew from seed. Several are Bauhinia and are cut little things.
I too don't do much on vegetables. Only thing from seed this year was garlic and Cayenne peppers. Oops - and Basil. Bought tomato starts as well as eggplant. That was all the veggies we had. My wife does not garden much any more due to time constraints and she is away from home M - F.
I do want to try the Calotropis gigantea again next year if I can find seed. I have 2 C. procera started last year but they refused to grow. Weird. They are a year old and only ~ 8 inches tall. But they did make it over winter in my garage.