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14-Mar-2005
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bonsaiTALK Master Chief
 
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Ever hear of a Golden Honeysuckle Bonsai?
Here is a Golden Honeysuckle that i have been working on, will be going into a much larger pot (i just upsized the pot this early winter, didnt want to upsize to fast). grown from a tiny collected, rooted honeysuckle about 3inches tall.
thought? ideas? thanks -Paul
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14-Mar-2005
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
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Hi Paul, I think your honeysuckle is Lonicera Nitida (Baggesons Gold). That's what it's called in the uk, I have a few growing in the garden I haven't tried to bonsai one yet but have been thinking about it. btw they grow easy from cuttings.
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thanks for the relpy
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14-Mar-2005
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I've worked on Lonicera nitida bonsai for a few years. They have a number of good characters. They develop interesting nebari and mature looking trunks while still young. As Chris mentioned, they root from cuttings very easily. They are tough little guys, and can be grown readily on rocks with little or no soil. They develop thick foliage with very small leaves, and bud back readily. And, for the "Baggins Gold" variety, you can change the foliage color from gold to green by changing their sun exposure. There is a native green form, and a varigated form. The varigated form, unlike Baggins Gold, keeps reverting back to green though.
On the bad side, they sucker like crazy, and are constantly budding out all over the trunks. Overall, I think they're great plants for mame and rock plantings. I've been giving mine away (except for one or two) because I'm getting more interested in larger bonsai. Brian |
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Brian Re-opened this thread since I've been playing with some cuttings from my Lonicera to see how they go. They are all cuttings from this one I started last August. You identified it to me then as Lonicera. http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthread.php?t=8148 And, as you mentioned, they root really really easily. Evan from hard wood within about 4-8 weeks. And how did I root them? I pushed them into the soil (akadama+clay) of another bonsai which was just standing in full sun-light. No misting, full fertiliser (for the other bonsai). Amazing. I now have a whole bunch of cuttings rooted. And, whilst I don't really like the word, they are really quite "cute". They'll be going into a rock planting I suspect. First photo. I additionally found a great source of urban-yamadori, growing in the cracked pavement (sidewalk) next to my kids' school - see the collected seedlings... These Lonicera are just great. Jerry
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