And wanted to grow the classic from some seeds, got some cousins for my existing tree...
These guys need 2 months in the fridge after soaking for 24-48 hours...
Quite a few seeds here, so if I'm lucky and most of them germinate I would like to grow them in various sizes and styles... A versatile species so should be interesting...
Anyway, they're in the fridge now, first stratification I've attempted... Wish me luck...
After a bit of research I'm going to have to think quite deeply about this one... Apparently it doesn't flower for around 10 years after planting, so should be able to get the trunk and branches nicely developed over that time. Thinking of a few interesting, if somewhat unconventional styles for this - Tree around rock (rather than root-over-rock, that could produce some stunning views when flowering...
Nice chunky seeds...
Only needed a 2 hour soak so planted these out quite early yesterday...
The flowers look amazing, but i guess the tree would have to be rather large to allow a heavy bloom...
It will take many years before anything flower-like is seen...
This one was a great surprise, wasn't expecting the plant to be anywhere near as stunning, was just taken in by the name when ordering without looking at any photos...
The full grown trees look stunning and hopefully, with a lot of patience and a fair bit of luck, I'll be able to achieve a similar result with the Bonsai...
Don't know how well they do as Bonsai, if anyone has any pictures, would be very much appreciated...
The seeds needed a soak overnight, and were planted out yesterday afternoon... Have mini-greenhouse-type things so should keep them quite warm in the day... Hopefully will germinate in 3-4 weeks as stated on the lable but I guess it all depends on the weather...
And able to post a few posts... Don't have any way to link up cameras/phones to computers at my parents place so though the plantings were done there, the posts had to wait until now.
So below are the seeds in all their potential glory...
And a bit more zoomed in...
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More detailed plant by plant posts to follow...
