Blue emu

[Arizona bonsai]

I found two plants to work with today. The first is Blue Emu. The second is Texas Sage.

 

[just.wing.it]

Interesting plants!
I thought you may have been having joint pain.

 

[Arizona bonsai]

Joint pain?

 

[just.wing.it]

Joint pain?

Yeah i thought you were about to tell us about the wonders of Blue Emu after lifting so many bonsai trees.

 

[Shibui]

Good luck with the eremophila. Most are desert plants so should suit Arizona OK.
I have not grown E. hygrophana here but most of the silver foliage WA species are more difficult for us in the Eastern states. I've managed to grow a couple of similar species by grafting them onto a local Myoporum species so the roots resist our wetter and colder soils.
Most eremophilas tend to get pretty ragged at times here but respond well to pruning. They sprout readily on bare wood.
I have not tried any as bonsai as most are just straggly shrubs here so I've never thought of them as trees..
Many species resent summer humidity so if we get some summer rain here some just die, others die back a bit and eventually recover.

 

[Arizona bonsai]

Good luck with the eremophila. Most are desert plants so should suit Arizona OK.
I have not grown E. hygrophana here but most of the silver foliage WA species are more difficult for us in the Eastern states. I've managed to grow a couple of similar species by grafting them onto a local Myoporum species so the roots resist our wetter and colder soils.
Most eremophilas tend to get pretty ragged at times here but respond well to pruning. They sprout readily on bare wood.
I have not tried any as bonsai as most are just straggly shrubs here so I've never thought of them as trees..
Many species resent summer humidity so if we get some summer rain here some just die, others die back a bit and eventually recover.

Thanks for that information. I’m trying more “trees” that live in a hot arid climate.

 

[AZbonsai]

Where did you get your blue emu.

 

[Arizona bonsai]

Where did you get your blue emu.

Treeland on Countryclub.

 

[sorce]

After dude found them peacocks, I legit thought it was a real emu.

Sorce

 

[Starfox]

The 'summertime blue' seems to be this one below.

http://www.public.asu.edu/~camartin/plants/Plant%20html%20files/eremophilapolyclada.html

It should be more adaptable than silver hygrophana sp. I love eremophilas but not tried them out as bonsai yet. They are an excellent no care choice for landscape planting though.

 

[Arizona bonsai]

Yesterday I got the Emu in a training pot after some root & branch pruning. Letting it recover in the shade for a while.

I will start a new thread for the texas sage.