Jim_Mercer wrote:
Looks like I will have to find another variegated plant as Jane and Tina have got plants that have "normal" growth but a quick search via google does find that I am not alone in having a plant that prefers to grow down
Bonsai growers grow weeping pines in tall bonsai pots
Especially interested in Mesembs. small Aloes and South African miniatures and bulbs.
Keen propagator and compulsive 'tickler'! Instagram #myscottishgreenhouse
Doubt if this plant can be classed in this section, although it was accidentaly" bonsaid" when a curtain rail cut its top off as it fell from an insecure position. plant was only there for a few hours whilst repairs were being done to the glass in glass house. The height has remained constant ever since but the trunk has blossomed well. Cheers
Jim_Mercer wrote:
This is the tallest empty pot I could find.
Very good! Now prune it and don't forget to place the pot on the decorative occasional table that bonsai growers use!
Especially interested in Mesembs. small Aloes and South African miniatures and bulbs.
Keen propagator and compulsive 'tickler'! Instagram #myscottishgreenhouse
My bonsaied Aeonium (haworthii, I think) has everything you could ask for - retarded and minaturised growth, exposed roots and aerial roots, gnarled branches.
Phil Crewe, BCSS 38143. Mostly S. American cacti, esp. Lobivia, Sulcorebutia and little Opuntia
Phil_SK wrote:My bonsaied Aeonium (haworthii, I think) has everything you could ask for - retarded and minaturised growth, exposed roots and aerial roots, gnarled branches.
Well Phil, I'm quite horrified at the neglect you've subjected this Aeonium too and I think you should be drummed out of the BCSS forthwith. I have huge presidential powers that clearly need to be enacted forthwith.
AND it's in a plastic pot too boot.
Cheers,
Colin
FBCSS
FCSSA
Fellow of the Linnean Society (FLS)
Member of the IOS
Honorary Research Associate, The Open University
Phil_SK wrote:My bonsaied Aeonium (haworthii, I think) has everything you could ask for - retarded and minaturised growth, exposed roots and aerial roots, gnarled branches.
Looks like another of my plants that U have tried to bonsai...
Bit of a trunk and it is in a ceramic pot
Previous attempts at pruning have failed to get new branches to grow near the trunk and the remaining branches are now rather long with the leaf rosette at the end as a green blob
