Lonicera Nitida Bonsai

Formal upright having a single well tapering trunk this lonicera showed real promise.

Lonicera nitida bonsai. Lonicera nitida lonicera bonsai skeleton. Lonicera japonica purpurea bonsai. The foliage was sparse although the roots were reasonable and so it was potted into a large flower pot being positioned in full sun to aid bud development. 11th floor lonicera yew.

Nitida which are both evergreen shrubs often used for hedging. It s also very popular for topiary and bonsai as it responds superbly to regular trimming. Because you often need to buy so many plants to make a hedge you may be interested in propagating your own plants. I m a complete novice at bonsai but am a keen horticulturist and have plant knowledge.

Lonicera nitida dwarf honeysuckle lonicera bonsai style. All branches should have their own space and grow towards the outside of the tree this is where the light is. Potential yamadori lonicera maacki new to bonsai. Lonicera nitida dwarf honeysuckle lonicera bonsai style.

Mame lonicera nitida 2 years 4 months ago 36950 go in. January 11 2016 january 10 2016 bonsai scratcher 5 comments. Remove any brnach or branchlet that grows into the canopy. I haven t touched it in the year since it was repotted and took it along to club night on friday to decide what to do with it.

The only real drawback is they can take a little while to develop decent trunks and they have a shrubby habit producing suckers that form many thin trunks instead of one fat main trunk. Dwarf honeysuckle progression lonicera. Lonicera nitida 3 years 2 months ago 30815 gingerbonsai wrote. Lonicera is a genus of about 108 species of which many are climbers unsuitable for bonsai use.

Informal upright this lonicera nitida was found in late winter growing on some wasteland which had recently become a building site. Thanks for the support. This dwarf honeysuckle was a garden shrub that i posted about last year here. Lonicera nitida are a great if little used species for bonsai very fast growing naturally minute 3 4mm leaves and have the ability to bud back like crazy.

Lonicera nitida commonly known as dwarf honeysuckle or box leaf honeysuckle is a great fast growing hedging plant. I can only think that many years before somebody had dumped lots of hedge clippings there and as honeysuckle is easy to root many had.