Fabaceae bonsai? (excluding acacia)

[Hornet]

Anyone worked with any fabaceae? Either native or not? Love to hear your experience with them.

John

[MattA]

Hey John,

I have a couple in the family... as its the third largest with almost 20,000 species theres lots of scope...

Are you thinking any in particular?

I love Wisteria but also have a thing for natives of which there are more than a few not including acacia...

One of mine viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7093&hilit=+glycine

Matt

Ed: add url

[Hornet]

nothing in paticular, anything from the small shrubby bush pea's up to large sophora's, dragon tree's, coral tree's etc. I have seed of the NZ kowai and the WA white dragon tree i want to try as bonsai. Also got kaka beak and an aussie natove sophora coming.

[Yuffie]

I haven't tried any yet as I'm a bonsai novice and only have 'potted trees' at the moment... but I came across this while looking for info on wisteria, Callerya megasperma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callerya_megasperma (Native Wisteria), which naturally grows in South Eastern Qld, so I'm wondering weather it can be bonsai and where I could get my hands on one. There doesn't appear to be much information on its cultivation though, except wiki mentioned it took 20 years to flower in Melbourne...

Another wisteria like plant which appear to be suited to my climate I've been drooling over the computer screen I found lately is cassia fistula, wonder if that can be bonsai as well ^^

[matt_95]

I've seen the native wisteria at bunnings and it is also on Ebay, at Bunnings it has another name though.

[Hornet]

The one you have seen as native wisteria matt is a different species. Similar flowers but alot smaller plant overall

[Marone]

I haven't tried any yet as I'm a bonsai novice and only have 'potted trees' at the moment... but I came across this while looking for info on wisteria, Callerya megasperma http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callerya_megasperma (Native Wisteria), which naturally grows in South Eastern Qld, so I'm wondering weather it can be bonsai and where I could get my hands on one. There doesn't appear to be much information on its cultivation though, except wiki mentioned it took 20 years to flower in Melbourne...

Another wisteria like plant which appear to be suited to my climate I've been drooling over the computer screen I found lately is cassia fistula, wonder if that can be bonsai as well ^^

At the place I work we propogate and sell Callerya megasperma, and it covers the edges of our rain forests here on the Sunshine Coast, S/E QLD, it is almost like a weed here. From my experience, the native wisteria is extremely hardy, fast growing, and shoots on old wood, that alone is enough to try it out for bonsai. The leaves can be quite large though. There are a few different varieties of these beautiful vines that grow around here, one is called Blood Vine, Austrosteensia blackii, it has smaller leaves and flowers, which are a maroon colour, but is almost the same as a wisteria. There is also a small leaved wisteria which grows around these parts, Callerya australis.

P.S. Sory for the thread necro.