Chojubai Bonsai
Takeyama said there is only one variety of chojubai the one with small red orange flowers other than the larger white form.
Chojubai bonsai. As purchased in 2 3 4 pot from evergreen gardenworks april 2013. Across from iwakiri s chojubai were a selection of japanese maples and chinese quince among other deciduous varieties. The one in a bigei pot. 2 3 4 pots and they were about 3 tall toothpick thick trunks.
These are very small plants but vigorous growers. This bonus bonsai u episode features the repotting of a chojubai japanese flowering quince chaenomeles japonica from a modern canton chinese container into a kowatari antique chinese pot circa pre 1800 ce. The blue screen house is designed to keep pernicious beetles at bay. Bought my first two chojubai quinces from brent at evergreen gardenworks in 2013.
In march 2015 everything was dug and these quince were potted. Just a quick update on the japanese flowering quince chojubai. Being a thin trunked bonsai most dwarf flowering quince chojubai would naturally make us think shallow pot but we d be just causing grief to our tree or shrub. June 29 2018 by jonas dupuich this past spring as the deciduous bonsai in my garden began to leaf out i noticed several dwarf flowering quince began to die back.
We have seen leaves where one half of the leaf separated by the midvein was red and the other half. Chojubai is a shrub a fact which influences everything about its care and maintenance including pot choice. Because that s really the crux of the matter. The real treat is in the fall when the leaves turn red yellow and orange not diffusely but in stripes.
I found no evidence of insects or fungus and a nearby lab couldn t identify the culprit either. They went in the ground that spring and remained there for two years unpruned. Mine flower from september through about april so there is always something of interest to viewers and to aphids. He specializes in deciduous and unusual bonsai so i thought if anyone should know anything about chojubai he would and he does.
Over the next two months about half of these chojubai died.