Buddleja Bonsai

Buddleja in bonsai the best recognised species for bonsai is buddleja saligna saligna meaning willow common name false olive white olive and butterfly bush.

Buddleja bonsai. See more ideas about bonsai black eyed susan bonsai plants. Ein allgemeiner film zum flieder mit. As adair and dave4 said the natural traits of this species are not ideal for bonsai. Buddleja davidii and its hybrids are the most common of the buddleja in the usa landscape nurseries.

There are a number of cultural issues that are going to present problems for you in styling and long term maintenance of butterfly bush bonsai s. Buddleja indica are grown almost exclusively indoors as houseplants in the u s. The seed is very fine and should be mixed with sand to obtain an even distribution. There are small and major changes which occur naturally each growing and dormant season.

The most pressing issue is that cultivars of buddleia davidii most likely what you have grow twigs with unusually large soft and rot prone centers or piths. This is due to the requirement of high temperatures. Sow in a good fine seedling mix in seedling trays. I have this lovely buddleja knappii that i ve been growing.

Adair s comment out crepe myrtle bear thinking about. Like crepe myrtle buddleja bloom on the current season growth. Wir versuchen aus einen sommerflieder einen bonsai zumachen. No buddleja bonsai looks the same each year.

Dieses projekt wird vermutlich auch wieder jahre dauern. Buddleja saligna is easily grown from seed or cuttings. I d like to train it into a bonsai. Bin mal auf das ergebnis gespannt.

Then there are the changes which you yourself want to make to improve the appearance of the bonsai. This tree is often associated with forest margins e g. To water after sowing stand the tray in a clean shallow container of water and allow to soak up into seed tray. It can grow in poor soils on hot mountainsides away or close to water.

This plant occurs in all provinces in the rsa as well as in swaziland and zimbabwe. Buddleja saligna is endemic to sa and occurs all over sa with the exception of lesotho kwa zulu natal coastal belt and the arid western half of sa.