Mystery Bonsai Tree? (picture included)

8-Apr-2008	#1
aneirin bonsaiTALK Neophyte Join Date: Apr-2008 Location: LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS Country: USA USDA Zone: z5AIL AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 3	Mystery Bonsai Tree? (picture included) Last summer I purchased a little indoor bonsai tree that was labeled Scarlet Fairy Duster. It has feathery green drooping leaves and reddish stems and trunks. Can anyone identify the species and uncover a scientific name? It has deteriorated somewhat over the winter months, losing some leaves. I am still wondering about placement, watering, feeding, soil and repotting.

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8-Apr-2008	#2
ficusfanatic Pruning Addict... Join Date: Apr-2008 Location: denver co Country: US Posts: 320	it looks to me like a mimosa. not sure if thats' just the common name or genus too. do the leaves close up when you touch them? one i had years ago did, but it was tricky to keep happy and hes long been gone....

9-Apr-2008	#3
Asus101 Not to be taken seriously Join Date: Nov-2007 Location: Adelaide Country: South Australia Posts: 489	looks like a peppercorn tree to me. __________________ "All your pinus is belong to us!" Shrunken heads for all occasions. Collect them, swap them, give them to your witch doctor friend.

9-Apr-2008	#4
BonsaiSteve1 bonsaiTALK Expert Join Date: Feb-2008 Location: New Hampshire Country: USA USDA Zone: 4 AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 186	It's the rare, exotic, endangered 'Anorexicus Twigis'

9-Apr-2008	#5
music_surf bonsaiTALK Journeyman Join Date: Mar-2008 Location: Florida Country: USA USDA Zone: 9a AHS Heat Zone: 10 Posts: 29	Albizia julibrissin. Or mimosa or silk tree. They grow like weeds down here in fl. I'm pretty sure they like full sun and don't overwater it. If it's a mimosa you can chop the tree down below the leaves and it'll grow back rather quickly. I think to that the mimosa that closes up is sunshine mimosa, here it's just ground cover Last edited by music_surf : 9-Apr-2008 at 01:11 AM.

9-Apr-2008	#6
PatArizona Bonsai Master, in my mind Join Date: Feb-2005 Location: Back Home in Northern California Country: USA Posts: 1,814	OK Guys... Difficult to tell, however, this looks like a Fairy Duster. There are two Fairy Dusters in the same family as Acacia (Mimosa) -Fabaceae (Leguminosae). The Baja Fairy Duster, CALLIANDRA californica, occurs mostly in Mexico, and is quite similar to the C. eirophylla. The Fairy Duster, False Mesquite, CALLIANDRA eirophylla, occurs from Southern California, across Arizona and New Mexico, into Texas. The C. californica foliage is more luxuriant, and blooms longer than the C. eirophylla. Both do well in Sunset Zones 10-24. Water...if the dries out completely, water YESTERDAY. In the ground, they need full sun. However, in containers, when young, as yours are, they need partial shade at least, when weather is hot...as in 80F. Protect from winter and spring freezes. Both are OUTDOOR plants. Hope this helps... Pat __________________ BONSAI isn't about surviving in a storm, rather, how to dance in the rain. THE ONLY WAY: Always remember, and don't ever forget, that whatever you read here is not cast in concrete... the intent of any advice is to help. In no way should you feel that I’m saying that my way is the only way…heaven forbid! I've seen far too much of the "my way or the highway" attitude in bonsai as well as in other areas of life. Pat Patterson...Bonsai in the Greater Bay Area, Northern California

9-Apr-2008	#7
eeiko321 bonsaiTALK Master Chief Join Date: Jan-2008 Location: Sydney Country: AUstralia Posts: 1,650	can this not be a Cypress? or some sort of cypress?

9-Apr-2008

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Originally Posted by eeiko321

can this not be a Cypress?
or some sort of cypress?

Uhhh, no.

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9-Apr-2008	#9
AndyWilson bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman Join Date: May-2006 Location: Johannesburg Country: South Africa USDA Zone: 10 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 667	Schinus molle would be my bet http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/wee...ra=all&card=E37

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ficusfanatic

it looks to me like a mimosa. not sure if thats' just the common name or genus too. do the leaves close up when you touch them? one i had years ago did, but it was tricky to keep happy and hes long been gone....

Plant one those in the yard, you'll love it

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