Direct Sunlight bonsai...

ekko1

I recently posted in the dying bonsai forum my tea tree i was having problems with. I was told to take it out of direct sunlight. The tree has been doing much better since. Anyways my quesion is, can you recommend some bonsai I can grow in direct sunlight under the blazing Florida rays?

thanks!

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lagunamadre

I have not read that post but you were probably told to keep it out of direct sun because it was not healthy. Anyhow, the sun gets pretty strong here in the southern tip of Texas, and I keep quite a few trees in direct sun all day. The varieties are ficus,( nerifolia, retusa, and benjamina are good ones ), schefflera, buttonwood, and black olive, just to name a few. A good rule is to look around your neighborhood and see what grows there naturally. You could also try to find a local bonsai club and see what they grow. Larry

marcovgv

all these are great. let me add bougainvillea, juniper nana shimpaku etc. podocarpus, Ligustrum, i also believe that elm will do well in full sun. i might get corrected on this.

the buttonwood is pretty cool tree, if you like deadwood then give it a go, its very easy to find a tree with good deadwood.

i would recommend you go to miami tropical bonsai. they have some trees there that i thought were not possible in florida like black pine.

i would not recommend what they use as soil.