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Re: Plant selection primer: Under utilised bonsai species list
Posted: May 17th, 2012, 3:00 pm
by Scott Roxburgh
Another pretty one:
Corylopsis spicata, Winter Hazel
Winter Hazel (Corylopsis spicata).jpg
http://bonsaijournal.com/corylopsis.php
ooishi2-Winterhazel.jpg
http://bonsaitonight.com/2009/08/06/ooi ... uous-work/
winterhazel1.jpg
http://crataegus.com/2011/04/11/corylop ... ter-hazel/
Winterhazel GSBF North.jpg
Winterhazel blossoms.jpg
http://bonsaitonight.com/2011/03/04/gsb ... ion-north/
I haven't grown one but I am one the look out
Re: Plant selection primer: Under utilised bonsai species list
Posted: May 17th, 2012, 3:46 pm
by Matthew
i have winter hazel in the garden however they are still quite young.
Craig i just got my nursery to try to find beautyberry and ilex serrata. they had a few differant ones but not the serrata
Re: Plant selection primer: Under utilised bonsai species list
Posted: May 17th, 2012, 4:05 pm
by Mojo Moyogi
Matt the last time I saw Ilex serrata was about 10 years ago at Dicksonia Rare Plants in Mount Macedon. Apparently the guy who runs the nursery there is now the host of Gardening Australia.
Cheers,
Mojo
Re: Plant selection primer: Under utilised bonsai species list
Posted: May 17th, 2012, 5:38 pm
by craigw60
Mojo, Stephen Ryan. He got sacked from gardening australia, he knows too much about plants haha
Its now hosted by a somewhat hirsute gentleman from sbs
I think there are quite a few ilex serrata around the bonsai community in vic it would just be a matter of tracking them down, I also think you need both sexes before they will fruit, the american one ilex decidua could be a good alternative.
Corylopsis is quite common in gardens around the hills there is a big old one in Pirianda gardens just down the road from me
How about forsythia ?
Craigw