Citrus bonsai

[GavinG]

The Calamondin were all from cuttings. One is quite old, it should have flowered by now.

Gavin

[dennismc]

Probably the best citrus for bonsai are the Oz ones such as finger lime or crimson lime.

They take to bonsai very well. Have small leaves and readily produce flowers and fruit at a very early stage. Mine has in 2 years. Fruit can be round or elongated and red or yellow or green or black. Unfortunately they are like other citrus slow to thicken their trunk.

And of course they are both Oz natives and true citrus.

Dennis Mc

[MattA]

Probably the best citrus for bonsai are the Oz ones such as finger lime or crimson lime.

They take to bonsai very well. Have small leaves and readily produce flowers and fruit at a very early stage. Mine has in 2 years. Fruit can be round or elongated and red or yellow or green or black. Unfortunately they are like other citrus slow to thicken their trunk.

And of course they are both Oz natives and true citrus.

Dennis Mc

I have to agree with everything except with regards trunk thickening, cutting generated plants will thicken considerably quicker than any other citrus, on par or faster thickening than the more common bonsai species like junipers.

Btw this is my Kaffir lime that I am working on, it was planted back into the ground not long after the last update & is just coming back from its last hard prune, will try & find time to take some pics & update the thread. In general, as long as your not overly tied to obeying every rule citrus can be lots of fun to work with

[thoglette]

The Calamondin were all from cuttings. One is quite old, it should have flowered by now.

Got me. Seedlings tend not to be true to type but cuttings are normally well behaved