BonsaiSniper
Mame
I found it in my garden, could someone try and ID it?
Strange Deciduous Bonsai
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Wires_Guy_wires
Imperial Masterpiece
Looks like Sambucus Nigra. At least, the knobs on the branches, the hollow branches and the color of the wood and the foliage hint towards that.
They used to be all over the place back when I was a kid. Really versatile shrub, but brittle and tends to die back easily. But it never dies completely.
Weird smell on the wood too. I can't describe it really, it's a mushroomy but sweetish smell. Really off compared to actual trees wood. I see this as a 'true' shrub.
The seeds are easily spread by non-migrating birds. If you've seen those white flowers in the neighborhood, this is likely an offspring.
I'm not sure if the Sambuca (the beverage) is related to this plant.
They used to be all over the place back when I was a kid. Really versatile shrub, but brittle and tends to die back easily. But it never dies completely.
Weird smell on the wood too. I can't describe it really, it's a mushroomy but sweetish smell. Really off compared to actual trees wood. I see this as a 'true' shrub.
The seeds are easily spread by non-migrating birds. If you've seen those white flowers in the neighborhood, this is likely an offspring.
I'm not sure if the Sambuca (the beverage) is related to this plant.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
Sambucus; a genus of flowering plants in the family Adoxaceae. The various species are commonly called elder or elderberry.
BonsaiSniper
Mame
Any advice for growing them?
AJL
Chumono
Easy to grow as a garden or hedgerow shrub but probably not a great choice for Bonsai, long internodes and stems tend to rot back from pruning wounds.
However its flowers are great for making Elderflower champagne ! you only need 6-10 flower heads, a bag of sugar and a gallon of water-
Its so easy to make, mildly alcoholic and ready to drink in @3 weeks!! very refreshing served chilled on those long hot summer nights...Hick!!
However its flowers are great for making Elderflower champagne ! you only need 6-10 flower heads, a bag of sugar and a gallon of water-
Its so easy to make, mildly alcoholic and ready to drink in @3 weeks!! very refreshing served chilled on those long hot summer nights...Hick!!
leatherback
The Treedeemer
you mean aphids I suppose?
Put them in the yard. Let it grow there. Do not grow as a bonsai, unless you like your bonsai non-refined, with large leaves and flowers and soft trunks
I think so. I've never seen any plant atract so many of them. But again, I'm talking about trees and shrubs, not bonsai
