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Exotic Bonsai Choices To Enhance Your Collection
Are you searching for something more adventurous in the art of bonsai gardening? If so, you need not be stuck with with the classical deciduous, coniferous or occasional fruit trees as the sole items in your collection. Your choices can range to the more exotic bonsai varieties which will help expand your skills.
One superb alternative to the classical bonsai is Wisteria, a native of China, Japan, and Korea. In the wild, Wisteria can reach 30 feet or more in size. However, since Wisteria doesn’t conform to any of the normal bonsai styles, forming them into a bonsai can be an interesting challenge.
With both beautiful and aromatic flowers that come in a variety of colors, such as, pink, purple, blue, and white, Wisteria can be a great choice. Wisteria blooms in the Spring at which time they need lots of water but with good drainage. Wisteria does well in a wide range of lighting conditions, from full sun to partial shade. To maintain healthy plants, be sure to provide them with ample fertilizer just before they bloom in the spring and once again in late summer prior to losing their leaves.
If you love fragrant flowers, an excellent choice is Orange Jasmine which produces a bright red fruit and fragrant white blossoms, bringing both delight to the nose and beauty to the eye.
Feed Orange Jasmine every three to four weeks starting in early spring and continuing through mid-autumn. Only light watering is sufficient for most of the year, with a little more required in the hotter summer season.
Because they generally do better in moderate shade or filtered sun, Orange Jasmine is one of the few bonsai that can, and should be cultivated indoors.
The Mimosa tree, also occasionally known as silk trees due to their long silky filaments, offer another good alternative. They are as fragrant as both of the two alternatives mentioned above and their puffy flowers and lacy foliage are also quite lovely.
The Mimosa’s flowers bloom in late April to early July and moderate water should be given during the blooming season. However, you should avoid getting water on the flowers because, much like a number of other flowering plants, the flowers will quickly deteriorate when wet.
Expect to give your Mimosa plenty of room in your display area as the Mimosa will be one of the larger bonsai in your collection. Because they grow rapidly and have large leaves, they are difficult to sustain in a very small size.
Another non-traditional bonsai is the Desert Rose. The Desert Rose can turn what would be an ordinary bonsai collection into one full of color and excitement. It is a native of East Africa and in the wild can grow up to 10 feet tall, producing large, pink, trumpet-bowl flowers.
The Desert Rose should be kept outdoors most of the year as they need plenty of sunshine and lots of fresh air. With their very bushy growing habit, they will make a fine design complement to the many traditional bonsai in your collection.
However, the Desert Rose is sensitive to cold, so they should be brought indoors in cold climates or during periods of cold weather as they will not thrive in temperatures below 10C (50F). With temperatures in the 10C-15C (50F-60F) range, they will lie dormant and healthy and during this period they will require very little water.
These fragrant and beautiful flowering plants will challenge your bonsai gardening skills, extending your horizons. They will provide an ever-changing display as they go through the seasons, blooming in the spring and dropping their leaves in the fall, adding interest to your collection and when spaced among the more traditional evergreens, such as pines, firs, and junipers, they add a nice contrast.
George Dodge presents bonsai gardening tips for beginning bonsai gardeners on his Bonsai Tree Gardening site where he encourages you to experiment with exotic bonsai choices to roundout your collection. He has long participated in landscaping and gardening as a hobby.
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