Fuchsia

[stymie]

Does anyone grow these as bonsai in Oz?

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[anttal63]

i really like the 1st one don, any dimensions on that.

[Jon Chown]

Always wanted to, but too hot in Queensland I'm thinking.

Jon

[Asus101]

I have one I collected. I'm working on getting more branches forming.

[aaron_tas]

i have some ''urban" yamadori that im workin on...

ill get some pics and post em.

they transplant very easily, even the really old ones. i recently dug a 190cm 47 year old beauty

[Joel]

I would like to see a native fuchsia, but its probably impossible.

JayC

[stymie]

i really like the 1st one don, any dimensions on that.

8" 20cm including pot. It's an echliandra (spelling?)

[anttal63]

[/quote]8" 20cm including pot. It's an echliandra (spelling?)[/quote]

thanks don its a little rippa!

[Asus101]

hey jay,
you know what i read today...
Epacris, (native fuchsia)

health-like shrub, with sprays of slender, tubular red flowers with white tips. needs well drained slightly acid sandy soil and resents root disturbance.
temperate and cold climates.

read it from mumsy's book collection, yates garden guide to be exact.


hey ausbonsai,
doesn't look like you have this one in the aussie natives species list yet
see if you could check up on it for jay

Then you wont see it used as bonsai.

[Joel]

From The Friends of Lane Cove River Park...

Epacris longiflora
Native fuchsia
Family: Epacridaceae

This showy epacris can be found in quite shady places. It can grow to 1.5. high, but is often straggly, with branches laden with rows of flowers bowing down towards the ground. It is commonly found on rocky ground on Sydney sandstone.

The tough, prickly, heart-shaped leaves are 5-12mm long, with parallel veins.

The pink/red and white tubular flowars are 12-20 mm long, growing pendulously from the leaf axils. Main flowering time is Winter-Spring, but spot flowering may occur at any time of the year.

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Thanks guys!

Seems i was not specific enough:( I have several native fuschias around the garden, i meant id like to see one as a bonsai. Anybody here heard of it as a bonsai? Or tried themselves?

JayC

[stymie]

Here are some more of my pics:-

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