Kyoto Serissa Bonsai

Serissa japonica but comes from a huge family of between 4500 and 5000 species.

Kyoto serissa bonsai. Flowering white serissa is an evergreen or semi evergreen flowering shrub that is native to southeast asia and is found commonly in india china and japan. Fuji sapporo and kyoto. However you should not attempt to grow snow rose bonsai from seed as this can be quite the challenge. Avoid unnecessary changes of the tree s position but from autumn to spring the serissa must be placed in the house or a heated conservatory at temperatures between 50 f 10 c and 68 f 20 c.

Very tiny and dense dark green foliage adorns this slow growing miniature serissa. The serissa likes a sunny wind protected place outside during the growing season as long as the night temperatures stay above 50 f 10 c. Growing snow rose bonsai from seed or by propagation. It grows in wet meadows and open sub tropical woodlands.

A good choice for bonsai or as a house plant and outdoors in zone 9 and warmer. Serissa flowers sporadically from early spring to near autumn on current seasons growth. It is grown for its neat habit good coverage of branches and long flowering time. Very dwarf fastigate twiggy habit with tiny leaves.

The 4 to 6 lobed flowers are funnel shaped. Specific bonsai care guidelines for the serissa. It is an evergreen shrub to 45 cm 18 in high with oval deep green rather thick leaves that have an unpleasant smell if bruised. Drastic temperature drops are not tolerated.

There are many bonsai types that you can grow by seedling. Kyoto serissa features showy white trumpet shaped flowers along the branches from early spring to late fall which emerge from distinctive pink flower buds. I got a kyoto serissa and chinese elm bonsai from aldi today. Nonetheless certainly the most impressive as a bonsai.

There are a few cultivars of serissa japonica available for bonsai growers including pink snow rose variegata pink mystic variegated pink snow leaves snowflake mt. The tiny glossy oval leaves are highly ornamental and remain dark green throughout the winter. 12 h x 10 w this is the average expected mature height by width in feet or inches. It is also valued for its rough grey trunk which tends to get lighter in colour with age.

Hi all sorry if this isn t right i haven t posted on this forum before. The fruit is not ornamentally significant. They look very sick esp the serissa and are the cheap kind with the glued pebbles on top. Choice kyoto snow rose used in mame bonsai as kyoto kochoki this is the difficult one as needs higher humidity than its kith kin.

It has attractive dark green foliage.