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Heres a couple of little plants I grow in the nursery which may interest shohin lovers. If anyone wants cutting off them they are more than welcome.
The shrubby potentilla is widely used for shohin in Japan. It develops beautiful flakey bark and a twisted trunk. It flowers in spring mainly in the yellow cream range. there is an orange one which I have never been able to find. This little potentilla is one of those plants which looks completely dead in winter.
The jasminum is tiny it is evergreen and takes about 10 years to grow 30cm very slow. It grows easily from cutting but they take a while to make roots. I have no idea how it would respond to bonsai cultivation but could be worth a bash
Craig

G,day Craig unfortunately we cannot import plants, well so we are told then there are some who do. Any way as you say not many are used, but I remeber some from, books and Magazines.

One of Peter Chans Books create your own Bonsai from every day garden plants. Has one on the cover, some time's they are refered to as the shrubby Cinqufoil.

I will be looking for some over here so I am legal.

The ones I have seen are very nice not being able to read Japanese, I am not sure but there a some, that look like them in Gafu ten. The Japanese Shohin show's books.

Cheers Pup

Hi Pup,
The little potentilla used to freely available in the days when people planted rock gardens. Unfortunately these days they have fallen off the radar with so many other good plants. I have seen photos of them in many japanese books and I even think there may be an article in one of the bonsai today mags but would take me some time to hunt it out. I have never tried to make a bonsai from one.
Craig

Pup wrote:Any way as you say not many are used, but I remeber some from, books and Magazines. One of Peter Chans Books create your own Bonsai from every day garden plants. Has one on the cover, some time's they are refered to as the shrubby Cinqufoil.

There's one by Peter Chan in "An Introduction to Bonsai" by the Bonsai Kai of the Japan Society. Page 30.

Cheers
Mojo Moyogi

craigw60 wrote:Hi Pup,
The little potentilla used to freely available in the days when people planted rock gardens. Unfortunately these days they have fallen off the radar with so many other good plants. I have seen photos of them in many japanese books and I even think there may be an article in one of the bonsai today mags but would take me some time to hunt it out. I have never tried to make a bonsai from one.
Craig

Bonsai Today number 33 page 27. I like you have seen and read about them, but like you have never tried. The worst thing is all the small nursery's that carried that stuff are being driven out by the big guys. Like all things, as I said I will look around. Believe it or not I am having trouble sourcing Cotoneaster.

Cheers Pup

Ps Mojo Moyogi that is the one on his book I quoted. Nice to have your own Library is it not.

Hi Pup,
I grow cotoneaster horizontalis its just not available anywhere else these days. A certain large hardware chain takes 70% of the nursery trade in Vic. probably the same for you.

Yes a certain large hardware chain takes 70% of the nursery trade in vic. I grow cotoneaster horizontalis and thymifolius these days they are not available anywhere else. have been trying to source the variegated form of horizontalis to.
Craig