Spirea Bonsai
This spiraea started out as a cutting i took for my garden around 1995.
Spirea bonsai. Nippon spirea is an upright mounded shrub reaching 4 to 5 feet tall and wide with graceful overhanging branches. The spiraea is native to the temperate norther hemisphere with the greatest diversity in eastern asia. During the winter of 2002 i lifted the plant to make room for some new bonsai benches and found it had an interesting base and a naturally shallow rootball with a good spread of lateral roots. Birchleaf spirea spiraea betulifolia.
More sizes available for sale at bella bonsai nursery call now for information. The leaves are toothed occasionally cut or lobed and rarely smooth. Spiraea japonica or japanese spiraea are great bonsai trees for beginners they are full of colour and character and grow in most conditions have craggy bark delicate flowers and make dainty mame. The tree was rootpruned and potted up into a shallow terracotta pot.
Two spiraea species are commonly used for bonsai s japonica and s thunbergii. Spirea shirobi bonsai tree 014 more than 30 years old. Spiraea japonica spiraea japonica is a clump forming deciduous shrub with erect shoots native to china and japan where heights of around 2metres are reached. Spirea is a hardy deciduous leaved tree.
The deep blue green leaves are a handsome attribute during the summer months.