Fuchsia for Bonsai?

weeijk

Hi All,

Just bought this Fuchsia Genii today. It's a hardy species, as I believe. It's 45 cm high, 2 cm trunkdiameter, standing in a tokoname pot. It's planted in 100% akadama. The style is mother/daughter.
I think this tree proofs that Fuchsia can be used for bonsai.

Just wanted to let you all enjoy.

Wessel

Attached Images

fuchsia genii001 29-7-2005.jpg (48.3 KB, 59 views)

__________________
Every tree can be a bonsai, but only some will be.

Advertisement

Bart Thomas(deceased)

Nice tree.

I have experimented with fuchsia a bit here in New Jersey, and have come to the conclusion that most of the varieties I have tried (both as potted plants, and as bonsai) have difficulty with the heat (90 degrees plus) here in the summer.

In Montreal, at the Jardin Botanique (in pots), when the temperatures got high, they watered them copiously. As a coolant, perhaps?

Any ideas?

grampz

Mr. Wessel

You have made the choice of a very nice tree...I would be most happy to have such a tree in my garden, but as Mr. Bart pointed out the heat would quickly destroy a fuchsia here also...

Mr. Wolfgang Putz from Austria has some of the most beautiful fuchsai trees I have seen, both as garden trees and as bonsai...He has many different varieties, and worth the effort to see photos of the many beautiful blooms in all their vibrant colors...His website is Bonsai-Website von Putz Wolfgang

I wish you the best in the care and development of this one...You definately have a good one to enjoy...

Regards
Behr

__________________
As the Master departed the workshop,
he could have sworn he heard some
one saying rather loudly...
"I thought he would never leave"
San Antonio Bonsai Society, Inc.