AusBonsai

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'm interested!


Cheers
EZ
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That is an unreal looking trunk Matt, fingers crossed it pulls through!

Cheers,
Chris

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

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.

Gavin

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.

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

Also keen to hear how this is going!

Any update on this one Matty? About to dig one from the yard.

Cheers,
Pearcy.

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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