New species suggestions?

[LemonBonsai]

Ok so since I started bonsai, I have always loved the blue Jacaranda mimisifolia because of its flowers, aswell as wisteria. I do have a wisteria in training but I know that both of these trees are not great for bonsai technique plus I heard that jacaranda does not flower in pots.

I do have a bougainvillea and when it flowers its gorgeous!

I have always loved flowers on bonsai, so I am wondering if anybody has any suggestions for a species that may flower and give me that bright purple flowers that I am craving while still allowing for some bonsai technique. I have a great grow light setup for tropicals as well so tropicals arent an issue.

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

Ok so since I started bonsai, I have always loved the blue Jacaranda mimisifolia because of its flowers, aswell as wisteria. I do have a wisteria in training but I know that both of these trees are not great for bonsai technique plus I heard that jacaranda does not flower in pots.

I do have a bougainvillea and when it flowers its gorgeous!

I have always loved flowers on bonsai, so I am wondering if anybody has any suggestions for a species that may flower and give me that bright purple flowers that I am craving while still allowing for some bonsai technique. I have a great grow light setup for tropicals as well so tropicals arent an issue.

Lavender star flower is a kind of purple. @ABCarve has a really sweet one, I have a stick in a pot one.

These are the flowers & it blooms non-stop. But the flowers only last 48hrs or less. I got this one from Wigerts.

 

[KikurageOtomo]

Lilac is an option. Upside is you can beat it with about as much work you feel like in a given year, the downside is, you need to slash it back religiously in order to maintain a bonsai profile once its established.

 

[nuttiest]

tabebuia or purple crape too

 

[JackHammer]

Hibiscus or cherry trees?

 

[Carol 83]

Vietnamese Blue Bell but mine hasn't bloomed yet.

 

[Lorax7]

You said you have a bougainvillea but didn’t say what color yours is. FYI, purple is one of the colors that bougainvillea flowers can be.

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

Vietnamese Blue Bell but mine hasn't bloomed yet.

Good call. I have one of those and I forgot to mention it. And the flowers smell like grape soda. It's been flowering all summer for me, weird it's not for you. It loves sun, water and fert. Age maybe?

 

[Michigan Tree Murderer]

You said you have a bougainvillea but didn’t say what color yours is. FYI, purple is one of the colors that bougainvillea flowers can be.
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Sweet! I want a purple bougie. Gonna wait for the right one.

 

[Orion_metalhead]

Azalea

 

[vp999]

Crape Myrtle.

 

[ABCarve]

There are two varieties of plectranthus one more purple than the other. The real purple one isn’t so good for bonsai. Take a look.

Plectranthus....whats that?

This is another tree I've posted in other threads but thought I would create it's own. If someone else actually has one maybe we could compare notes. I got this 5 growing seasons ago as a cutting with a caliper no bigger than my index finger. The base is now over four inches and grown entirely...

www.bonsainut.com

 

[AJL]

Ceanothus

 

[Cadillactaste]

Dwarf powderpuff...bloom all year round. I'm not a huge flowering tree person. That said, the flower buds look like berries...which is charming as heck.

Then the bloom is out of this world special. Quite exotic and special.

 

[dbonsaiw]

I second the crape myrtle

 

[trigo]

Dwarf powderpuff...bloom all year round. I'm not a huge flowering tree person. That said, the flower buds look like berries...which is charming as heck.

Then the bloom is out of this world special. Quite exotic and special.
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I agree, if you like tropicals and flowers, i think theres nothing that compares to this, and they are pretty bullet proof.



there are several varieties of calliandra, alson known as powderpuff.

 

[Carol 83]

weird it's not for you. It loves sun, water and fert. Age maybe?

I don't know. It's in full sun, get's plenty of water and fertilizer. Maybe I'll cheat a little with the Bloom Booster.

 

[LemonBonsai]

tabebuia or purple crape too

I do like that Tabebuia!

Hibiscus or cherry trees?

I have been trying to find some decent cherry nursery stock, I do love their flowers!

Good call. I have one of those and I forgot to mention it. And the flowers smell like grape soda. It's been flowering all summer for me, weird it's not for you. It loves sun, water and fert. Age maybe?

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Wow that looks nice! I will keep my eye out!

Ceanothus
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Now this I will for sure be trying to get my hands on!

Dwarf powderpuff...bloom all year round. I'm not a huge flowering tree person. That said, the flower buds look like berries...which is charming as heck.

Then the bloom is out of this world special. Quite exotic and special.
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Interesting! I know the brazilian rain tree and the brazilian fire bush are similar to this type of flower (I have both) but interesting that it blooms all year round, I will have to keep my eye out for all of these!

Thanks for all your suggestions guys, now its just the hard part of finding the species here in canada

 

[JackHammer]

I do like that Tabebuia!

I have been trying to find some decent cherry nursery stock, I do love their flowers!

Wow that looks nice! I will keep my eye out!

Now this I will for sure be trying to get my hands on!

Interesting! I know the brazilian rain tree and the brazilian fire bush are similar to this type of flower (I have both) but interesting that it blooms all year round, I will have to keep my eye out for all of these!

Thanks for all your suggestions guys, now its just the hard part of finding the species here in canada

I hear South Carolina has a nice growing season...

 

[PonderingSage:]

Anybody try the desert sumac that kinda looks like poison oak? Its used a lot in drought tolerant landscaping.