[Wanted] Any Neji-Kan Pomegranate material (whole plants, cuttings, airlayers)

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[Wanted] Any Neji-Kan Pomegranate material (whole plants, cuttings, airlayers)

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Hi, I am based in Melbourne and love the twisted trunks possible with the Neji-kan Pomegranate cultivar. Would love to buy any material and can pick up in Melbourne or have it delivered. If you have anything or know of somewhere with stock please be in touch.
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Re: [Wanted] Any Neji-Kan Pomegranate material (whole plants, cuttings, airlayers)

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Bump.


Ive posted on bonsainut without luck and also been in touch with a few rare plant (Yamina) and prebonsai nurseries - impression is there is no one propagating in australia. Anyone have any for sale or that they are about to trim?
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Re: [Wanted] Any Neji-Kan Pomegranate material (whole plants, cuttings, airlayers)

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I could be wrong, but…….. Not sure Nejikan Pomegranate is actually a cultivar. Nejikan just means twisted. Could be Neji-kan Pomegranate, Honeysuckle, Olive other various plants that have that twisted old growth habit etc… Do you have a botanical name for this variety? Without that I’m not sure you will find one. All my research on it just shows dwarf Pomegranate. Neji-kan Is mentioned only to describe the twisted trunk. :imo:
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Re: [Wanted] Any Neji-Kan Pomegranate material (whole plants, cuttings, airlayers)

Post by anthonycocco »

Hi,

My understanding is it is specific cultivar with a genetic mutation similar to cork bark cultivars of other species and originated in Japan early last century with some specimens then sent to the US. It appears growing standard punica granatum nana will not yield the same twisted gnarled trunk even with decades of growth.

Peter Teese from Yamina was certainly aware of it and there have been posts about it before on bonsainut, bonsai4me (harry harrington) and walter pall's blog.
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Re: [Wanted] Any Neji-Kan Pomegranate material (whole plants, cuttings, airlayers)

Post by KIRKY »

That’s interesting.
It’s still a case of finding the botanical name of the specific cultivar as a starting point. It’s like looking for a Caitlin Elm, from the Chinese Elm you know the mutated variation and that it’s around finding it is the trick.

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