leatherback
The Treedeemer
So what do you grow as bonsai, or try to grow as bonsai that is not often seen? Show your most eccentric plants!
I will start off with my crassula Sarcocaulis.
I will start off with my crassula Sarcocaulis.
The odd species for bonsai thread
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Cable
Omono
Ohio buckeye
atlarsenal
Omono
Lycianthes rantonnetii, blue potato bush. I’m letting it grow free to thicken at this point.
canoeguide
Chumono
That's fantastic. (Also, I *love* this thread idea.) I know crassula isn't usually regarded as serious bonsai material but I've got more growing than I know what to do with because they are so darn easy to propagate and care for, and they are interesting. Forgetting to water them for weeks is frequently rewarded or at least tolerated. Sarcocaulis has such fine foliage that it works better than most ovatas, etc. Are the sticks for support/positioning?
I’m trying to grow Albizia saman as bonsai, but they’re just seedlings right now. It’s going to be a long time before I find out if it’s a worthwhile endeavor or not. I had one seedling that died last winter. Started 4 new ones from seed this year.
vp999
Omono
Im waiting for some one to post a pic of a marijuana Bonsai lol
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
@leatherback great pot and combo! Love!
That buckeye is wicked too!
Good stuff in this thread!
I can't do to extravagant cept fer my smoke bush, I'm happy with it's slow steady direction.
Sorce
That buckeye is wicked too!
Good stuff in this thread!
I can't do to extravagant cept fer my smoke bush, I'm happy with it's slow steady direction.
Sorce
TN_Jim
Omono
Eastern hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana -accolades as a species, but not a lot out there.
Two collected this year grown side by side, same treatment, collected ~same place. Left one, healthy buds, leaves forsaken in past two weeks.
Two collected this year grown side by side, same treatment, collected ~same place. Left one, healthy buds, leaves forsaken in past two weeks.
leatherback
The Treedeemer
yeah, to get the canopy to open up. I was concerned wiring them as the tissue is ver soft
thx!
Woocash
Omono
Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
shinmai
Chumono
This ninebark got a blue ribbon in the novice class at state fair. It then promptly died from a root fungus.
Not a great picture, but it's a stephanandra incise. It got pretty well shredded by the judge at the annual exhibition. The one thing that saved me was that he liked the akita netsuke, so I got a '3' for artistic presentation.
Other weirdo's, without pics, include pearlbush, dwarf purple smokebush, and a black pussy willow. And a common lilac.
PaulH
Omono
California Buckeye
Chaparral Honeysuckle
California Styrax
Incense Cedar
Chaparral Honeysuckle
California Styrax
Incense Cedar
just.wing.it
Deadwood Head
Not bonsai yet....but maybe an oddball for the future.
Blue Chalksticks.
Dunno the Latin name.
Blue Chalksticks.
Dunno the Latin name.
Colorado
Masterpiece
Not a bonsai, but trying to experiment with some “bonsai-ish” styles on some succulents just for fun (and, more importantly, because my wife likes them). Here’s my succulent version of a cascade 
Echeveria sp.
Echeveria sp.
canoeguide
Chumono
Not a bonsai, but trying to experiment with some “bonsai-ish” styles on some succulents just for fun (and, more importantly, because my wife likes them). Here’s my succulent version of a cascade
Echeveria sp.
That's pretty nice. As opposed to the pile of echeveria in my office that are etiolated as hell. Wait, I mean... "cascade style"
Housguy
Chumono
That leaf is a dead ringer for looking like the sticky stuff (marijuana). May be it is Ohio buckhigh, lol. Cool looking tree!
