Compiling a list of edible, medicinal and fragrant bonsai.

[PerryB]

Well, of course, there are persimmons, apples, and crabapples.
Also, @ABCarve has a Bay tree, Laurus nobilis.

 

[leatherback]

Pletrantus is very pleasently aromatic

Ginkgo seed on the other hand..

Hat Thyme been mentioned?

 

[BonsaiManic]

Well, of course, there are persimmons, apples, and crabapples.
Also, @ABCarve has a Bay tree, Laurus nobilis.

Of course...
...I guess fruit trees are so obvious I overlooked them entirely.

 

[BonsaiManic]

Pletrantus is very pleasently aromatic

Ginkgo seed on the other hand..

Hat Thyme been mentioned?

I'm unfamiliar with pletantus, looks like I have some homework.
I really want to try Ginkgo, but it sounds temperamental, so I'm exercising discipline and patience, so I can honestly my skills before I waste money on trees I'm just going to execute.
As far as thyme, I hear it's on my side. Definitely a bonsai artist's friend.

 

[leatherback]

Ginkgo, but it sounds temperamental,

Hm.. Most easygoing bugger in my garden. Does what I want, when I want it. Never flares up about anything.
Could be climate?

 

[BonsaiManic]

Hm.. Most easygoing bugger in my garden. Does what I want, when I want it. Never flares up about anything.
Could be climate?

I can't seem to find the threads now, but I've seen discussions of the challenge of getting the tree to bud where you want, and that's why pruning is tricky. Maybe I'm getting confused with a different species? From what I've researched, they are widely adaptable to multiple climates. I don't think I would kill one; they sound very tough. I think I would be too, if I were one of the oldest species on the planet. You don't stick around that long if you're weak!

 

[Michael P]

Sorry, wrong discussion.

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

Ginkgo

In folk medicine ginkgo is used a lot, it should be good for the brain.

 

[BonsaiManic]

In folk medicine ginkgo is used a lot, it should be good for the brain.

Lol
Maybe that's my issue. I haven't been consuming Ginkgo!

 

[xaviguti]

Ilex vomitoria, American Holly is the only North American native plant that contains caffeine. Its leaves can be steeped or boiled into a fairly tasty tea, which was commonly drunk by tribes of the southeast who called it simply "black drink."

You mean the yaupon Holly?

 

[BonsaiManic]

Yes. I was thinking of "American" caffeine, and I posted the completely wrong common name. It makes me look sort of foolish, but I really do know the correct name of the correct plant.

 

[broken_branch]

Thuja is used for warts
Ponderosa Pine pollen is used as a hormone balancer, libido enhancer, immune system booster