Native acacia
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HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
I just buried this with a stupid picture of my kiln.
Nice Tree!
Are Acacias fussy?
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Nice Tree!
Are Acacias fussy?
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AZ Newb
Sapling
So what would be the next step? Do you leave in nursery pot and soil for a while?
Starfox
Masterpiece
That is an Australian native tree.
Are there any flower buds this spring?
Are there any flower buds this spring?
Shibui
Imperial Masterpiece
Not just an Australian native. That one is a West Australian. Maybe it will like the dry climate in Az.
There are a huge number of Aussie acacias so there is also a huge range of shapes, sizes and hardiness. They are generally tough but much depends on the climate and soil they come from which extends from sub-alpine through arid and into tropical. Many make great garden plants but only a very few seem to co-operate in pots for me. A few are long lived but most are fairly short lived pioneer species.
There are a huge number of Aussie acacias so there is also a huge range of shapes, sizes and hardiness. They are generally tough but much depends on the climate and soil they come from which extends from sub-alpine through arid and into tropical. Many make great garden plants but only a very few seem to co-operate in pots for me. A few are long lived but most are fairly short lived pioneer species.
Arizona bonsai
Shohin
There are flower buds on some at the nursery, this one didn’t. I have killed other trees that I pruned branches & roots at the same time so this time I will try just the branches first & leave in existing soil.
With my luck this will be one that doesn’t like a pot. I couldn’t find any info on it as a bonsai, only as a ground plant.
With my luck this will be one that doesn’t like a pot. I couldn’t find any info on it as a bonsai, only as a ground plant.
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
You should be able to find a Huisache, the local Indian? name for Acacia farnesiana, Sweet Acacia, now Vachellia farnesiana...
Desert Feather Bush...
There are a ton of Mesquite varieties in the SW and Big Basin Sage is all over the place so start collecting! Jade, Portulacaria and Desert Rose can take heat and are not damaged by drying out, so there's lots of stuff pretty standard that will do well in the great SW.
Desert Feather Bush...
There are a ton of Mesquite varieties in the SW and Big Basin Sage is all over the place so start collecting! Jade, Portulacaria and Desert Rose can take heat and are not damaged by drying out, so there's lots of stuff pretty standard that will do well in the great SW.
Starfox
Masterpiece
I can´t find much info either, aside from one or two Acacia species that are known to perform well as bonsai(A. howitii springs to mind) people are still trying to figure them out. It will either be bomb proof or temporamental.
I have a A. salignia that has handled everything I´ve chucked at it and it´s a real agressive grower yet I have had other acacia species that did not like anything I did to them. That prostrate one you have looks interesting, may be able to use that to give it a natural weeping look. If you do leave root work for a season then just make sure you don´t cut them too early, I normallywait until early summer to do mine.
I have a A. salignia that has handled everything I´ve chucked at it and it´s a real agressive grower yet I have had other acacia species that did not like anything I did to them. That prostrate one you have looks interesting, may be able to use that to give it a natural weeping look. If you do leave root work for a season then just make sure you don´t cut them too early, I normallywait until early summer to do mine.
Arizona bonsai
Shohin
Thanks for all the feedback on this plant. It is hard to find small native trees for sale. I’m told the large growers that would have them don’t do retail sales. you have to buy a 5, 10 or 15 gallon tree that is a tall stick & risk death with a trunk chop.
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