I've had to remove this 2m shrub from the front to make way for a driveway. I managed to dig up and pot a sapling from it about 6 months ago. I'm wondering if it would make a decent bonsai, but doubt it as the leaves are huge.
Any idea what it is?
Thanks in advance to the Ausbonsai brains trust
Help with shrub
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Re: Help with shrub
I'll have a guess and say Gardenia?
I've not tried as bonsai, but I love the flower fragrance.
I've not tried as bonsai, but I love the flower fragrance.
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Re: Help with shrub
Hi Redsonic , mate looks like a Gardenia Radicans , yes the leaves are big but they do work as bonsai in my book . I have a topic here with the same species or be it a large leafed variety showing the progression so far ..
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Re: Help with shrub
I don't recall ever seeing bunches of buds like this?
I understood radicans to be a smaller dwarf variety?
Mines tiny leaves to about 2cms only.
Gardenia perfume is a give away though, both large and small varieties appear to have the same sublime smell.
I understood radicans to be a smaller dwarf variety?
Mines tiny leaves to about 2cms only.
Gardenia perfume is a give away though, both large and small varieties appear to have the same sublime smell.
One of the fabulous things about growing bonsai is as you get old and decrepit your trees get old and beautiful
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Re: Help with shrub
definitely Gardenia of some sort. There are dwarf-ish varieties that are used for bonsai, but not sure if this large leafed variety is one of them...
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Re: Help with shrub
Thanks again to the brains trust!
I will persevere with the little tree I potted up. If it doesn't work out as a bonsai, I will plant it somewhere in the garden to make up for the parent plant I had to remove.
I will persevere with the little tree I potted up. If it doesn't work out as a bonsai, I will plant it somewhere in the garden to make up for the parent plant I had to remove.