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3-Jul-2006

2STIX

M Gingrich

Join Date: May-2005

Location: London

Country: Canada

Posts: 6

Rose bush

My Girlfriend got this Rose Bush as a gift. Just wondering if it could be a bonsai candidate?

Matt

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3-Jul-2006	#2
TreeBay Tips:5¢ Advice:Free *MODERATOR GROUP* Join Date: Aug-2001 Location: Silicon Valley Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 9,742	Yes, you can make a bonsai from most any woody shrub, vine or tree. But bonsai are more than just flowers, so it takes some long-term development of a trunk to make a convincing bonsai. There was a thread posted here recently about a collected rose http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthr...91&page=2&pp=10 If you want to get a rose-like effect, you could consider using a Serissa (called Snow Rose, or Tree of a Thousand Stars). That would tend to have foliage and flowers in scale. Otherwise it might take some years of growing before your rose resembled more than a bush. I personally can never keep those mini roses alive very long. Regards, Matt __________________ Want to be a seller on bonsaiAUCTIONS? Get authorized today! bonsaiTALK: Over 100,005.36 Megabytes Served this Month!

3-Jul-2006	#3
2STIX M Gingrich Join Date: May-2005 Location: London Country: Canada Posts: 6	Sounds like this is a project should be left to the experts. A little outta my league. Thanks

4-Jul-2006	#4
gregb bonsaiTALK Master Join Date: Jan-2005 Location: Hood River OR Country: U.S. USDA Zone: 7 AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 436	Matt--don't give up so easily! I have a mini-rose I purchased for $1.99 @ Trader Joe's (don't know if they have an equivalent in the U.K.) back in 2001. 2006, five years later and it's still alive and not such a mini-rose anymore... The first thing to do is get it out of the very peaty mix they come in; do this by "slip potting" which means moving it to a slightly larger pot; to a soil that has a little peat but some pumice and bark in it. You will find the rose will take off after a while and you can choose one of two paths; pot it down to a bonsai pot, or pot it up to another larger pot and just let it be a rose-that's the path I took It doesn't mean I've given up on it for a bonsai, I'm just enjoying it for a rose right now. When the trunk looks like it's ready, I might just start looking for a proper bonsai pot.

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