Rose Bonsai
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Rose Bonsai
Hey everyone!
I have read that roses do not make good bonsai...................... but look at this trunk!
it has been run over by lawn mowers for a long time! great character on the trunk that will look better once I get in there and clean it up.
there was very little root after collection so my hopes are not to high for its survival but
Cheers
Matt
I have read that roses do not make good bonsai...................... but look at this trunk!
it has been run over by lawn mowers for a long time! great character on the trunk that will look better once I get in there and clean it up.
there was very little root after collection so my hopes are not to high for its survival but
Cheers
Matt
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Re: Rose Bonsai
That is an unreal looking trunk Matt, fingers crossed it pulls through!
Cheers,
Chris
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Chris
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Re: Rose Bonsai
I wouldn't waste my time with a rose if you are intending to grow it as bonsai. As a feature plant : yes. As a bonsai : no
Rory
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I style Bonsai naturally, just as they would appear in the wild.
Central Coast, NSW
Bonsai: Casuarina Leptospermum Banksia Phebalium Baeckea Melalueca Ficus
Growing Australian natives as Bonsai: viewtopic.php?p=289480#p289480
Buying and repotting Native nursery material: viewtopic.php?f=78&t=30724
Growing tips for Casuarina as Bonsai: viewtopic.php?p=244995#p244995
How to reduce moss from the trunk without damaging the bark: viewtopic.php?p=295227#p295227
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Re: Rose Bonsai
Roses won't make a formal "pine-tree" type bonsai, but they can be interesting in their own right. It's certainly a great trunk. You probably won't get a trunk-and-branches structure from it, more like a number of different trunk-shoots that you renew every few years. It is most probably root-stock by now - maybe purplish simple flowers once a year. Murata's book "Four seasons of Bonsai" has a couple of good examples. Wild-natural style, rather than formal. Best of luck.
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Re: Rose Bonsai
I have one i am playing with but it is a dwarf flower, very tight little yellow/cream clusters. A cascade suits the style but if this has large flowers it will look a little silly. A novelty and is fun to play with. you will have to clip and grow.
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Re: Rose Bonsai
Hey Matty, how has this developed?
I have collected a few today and will be interested in
a/ if they recover with not many roots
b/ what i can make of them in time.
one will go in the ground and the the others??? who knows. I have a bonsai Jacaranda that many people like, a fairly awesome Kurume Azalea that people reckon are no good for Bonsai, and several Hibiscus too so ya never know
Ken
I have collected a few today and will be interested in
a/ if they recover with not many roots
b/ what i can make of them in time.
one will go in the ground and the the others??? who knows. I have a bonsai Jacaranda that many people like, a fairly awesome Kurume Azalea that people reckon are no good for Bonsai, and several Hibiscus too so ya never know
Ken
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Re: Rose Bonsai
Any update on this one Matty? About to dig one from the yard.
Cheers,
Pearcy.
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Cheers,
Pearcy.
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Re: Rose Bonsai
Hey Guys sorry for not updating on this sooner!
Unfortunately i got a really warm day with hot winds last summer and the top wilted, it threw a new shoot from the base and the top eventually died off. I used the shoot from the bottom and created a Tanuki and the trunk rotted away.
Cheers
Matt
Unfortunately i got a really warm day with hot winds last summer and the top wilted, it threw a new shoot from the base and the top eventually died off. I used the shoot from the bottom and created a Tanuki and the trunk rotted away.
Cheers
Matt
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