show us your prunus (and other flowering bonsai)

astroboy76 · Post by **astroboy76** » June 23rd, 2011, 12:38 pm

hey guys and gals,

my passion for bonsai is dominated by teh flowering type. especially prunus. i love them and cant get enough of them. thought would be cool to see the flowering bonsai we all have or are working on. share some ideas about them etc. they dont have to be "complete" bonsai by any means cos if yours are like mine they are all in various states of progression.

anyone care to share some pics? i will take some this weekend and post

astroboy76 · Post by **astroboy76** » June 23rd, 2011, 12:53 pm

ok, i just went through my phone and found some pics. not very good ones but here is some of my stock. and tips, advice or ideas feel free....

Azalea.jpg

prunus elvins forrest.jpg

dwarf flowering almond trunk - great taper.jpg

the same almond, it has had all the thick branches cut off and this spring i will start retrainging it.jpg

Dumper · Post by **Dumper** » June 23rd, 2011, 12:54 pm

gonna wait till spring for my wild plum to flower. i'll post it here when it is on flower

john

astroboy76 · Post by **astroboy76** » June 23rd, 2011, 1:00 pm

crabapple - jack humm.jpg

prunus okame.jpg

double white flowering prunus mume.jpg

pink weeping prunus mume (Japanese apricot).jpg

one of my chinese quince.jpg

IMG_3656.JPG

Jarrod · Post by **Jarrod** » June 23rd, 2011, 1:07 pm

Heres one from last spring, showing how many flowers it had. It was in the hot house trying to protect them from the wind and rain!

astroboy76 · Post by **astroboy76** » June 23rd, 2011, 1:13 pm

thats awesome!! is it a plum?

Jarrod · Post by **Jarrod** » June 23rd, 2011, 1:18 pm

From what i can remember, yes. It is looking much better now andshould be stunning when it comes into flower this year.

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » June 23rd, 2011, 1:51 pm

ill be working on a prunis mume whenever the sun comes out again. i forgot what it looks like

astroboy76 · Post by **astroboy76** » June 23rd, 2011, 1:52 pm

got any pics of it?

Matthew · Post by **Matthew** » June 23rd, 2011, 1:55 pm

not at the moment. ill be wiring and repotting this week. ill take some pics then.

astroboy76 · Post by **astroboy76** » June 23rd, 2011, 2:03 pm

cool. cant wait to see it. what colour blossoms does it have?

i cant wait to take pics of mine when they are in flower. its always a great time of year.

shibui · Post by **shibui** » June 23rd, 2011, 3:53 pm

Hi everyone.
One of my best flowering bonsai is a crabapple. pic taken in 2007 cos I don't have a recent one of it in flower.

Crabapple 1 2007 09.JPG

This crab apple has tiny yellow apples about 6mm diameter.

Crabapple 1 2011 02 fruit.JPG

The chinese quinces have not flowered in bonsai pots yet, probably due to pruning back hard to get ramification.
My wisteria has only flowered once in 25 years so I don't have a photo of that either.
The cotoneasters have tiny flowers but the yellow faced honeyeaters still find them - does that count as a flowering bonsai?

Yellow faced honeyeayter 2 crop.JPG

I'll have to try to update the photos as things flower this spring.

astroboy76 · Post by **astroboy76** » June 23rd, 2011, 4:45 pm

Hey shibui

With the quince I find ramifications easy. Mine shoot out branches from every node on every branch each spring. I have mine in a grow box tho. Maybe take ur quince out of the bonsai pot and put it in a grow box the spread it's feet. It should then put out lots of growth. Once u have ur tertiary branches then put it back in a bonsai pot.

As for the wisteria. Prune it twice a year and keep it potbound

astroboy76 · Post by **astroboy76** » June 23rd, 2011, 4:46 pm

I love the bouquet ur crab puts on in spring. Would love to see a pic of it in a few months time!

miyagiman · Post by **miyagiman** » June 23rd, 2011, 8:37 pm

I know you have all seen this tree before, but it seems like a good opportunity to show it again. this was taken last august 2010. cheers, miyagiman

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