Pieris japonica

Anth · Post by **Anth** » August 14th, 2011, 7:09 pm

Was at a nursery today and found an attractive shrub. I know of the plant through my work as a florist as andromeda .
Has anyone tried to bonsai one before and if so do you have any pics , ideas or hints on what I should do with it

Jarrod · Post by **Jarrod** » August 14th, 2011, 7:29 pm

I collected a couple of monsters recently. The one below is a pot that is about a metre wide, after three weeks all the trunks are covered in buds, so signs are good. Treat them a lot like azaleas and you should be right. I haven't seen many examples of these so I think working the foliage might be a bit hard but willing to try.

This is the base of another one I got which has a nice twist.

I would think they would need to be big for the foliage to work convincingly.

Post by **kcpoole** » August 14th, 2011, 9:33 pm

I have a small one ( only about 10mm Trunk) about 6 inches tall, and it is in flower now
The copmpound leaves are quite small so should make a nice small tree

Wood it brittle as, so apply wire to new branches before they lignify.
Will back bud readily.

Ken

Post by **kcpoole** » August 20th, 2011, 2:29 pm

Here is a Pic of mine take this morning
enjoy

Ken

BonsaiPanda · Post by **BonsaiPanda** » August 20th, 2011, 3:05 pm

Hi Ken,
This variety has beautiful delicate flower arrangements. Is it hard to care for? as it would make a fabulous gift as a pot plant as well as a Bonsai

Regards Panda

Post by **kcpoole** » August 20th, 2011, 3:13 pm

BonsaiPanda wrote:Hi Ken,
This variety has beautiful delicate flower arrangements. Is it hard to care for? as it would make a fabulous gift as a pot plant as well as a Bonsai

Regards Panda

I Have it on my bench and gets treated like All the others so nothing special
Water when needed ( daily for me), Liquid fert weekly or so, Prune after flowering, Wiring befer the branches harden off as they are very brittle

Nice plant for Shohin size

Ken

BonsaiPanda · Post by **BonsaiPanda** » August 20th, 2011, 3:15 pm

Thx Ken sounds good

Regards Panda

Crowie · Post by **Crowie** » August 20th, 2011, 5:41 pm

Heres mine collected from a garden about 3 years ago.
Like Ken its treated the same as my other trees.
I have never wired it just clip and grow and a good prune after flowering.

Post by **kcpoole** » August 20th, 2011, 5:43 pm

Thats a Nice one Crowie

Surprisingly large when you see it next to the Can !

Ken

Crowie · Post by **Crowie** » August 20th, 2011, 7:33 pm

Thanks Ken.
The trunk is approx 2 inches and about 350mm high.
I havent bothered to much with structure as its grown for its display of flowers.
Maybe after the flowers die off I might look at refining it so it looks good out of flower.

Anth · Post by **Anth** » August 20th, 2011, 7:59 pm

That's a very nice tree crowie, how long have you had it ? Do you wire it or just trim to shape it?
I was thinking of planting it in the ground for 12 month the shaping it in a pot. What are you thourghts on this

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