Monkey Thorn Bonsai

It is easy to propagate from seed that is soaked in hot water overnight.
Monkey thorn bonsai. The monkey thorn survives hot and dry conditions thriving in dry frost free summer rainfall regions. This is a very popular tree species to work with here in south africa and this became the 4th black monkey thorn of my collection 2 single bonsai and one forest. Monkey thorn apiesdoring bonsai year 1999 bought this old bonsai a week ago and pruned and shaped it to eventually grow into a dome. This acacia has creamy to light yellow flowers that appear during the growing season september october.
These trees are common in zimbabwe northern and western province mpumalangha and natal where they grow in open grasslands. I inherited this beautiful black monkey thorn bonsai cascade 1979 after my father in law passed away. It is hardy to frost if it is covered in winter until established. I removed the wire a few days ago.
This tree was styled by erik wigert owner of wigert s bonsai nursery in north ft myers florida. I had been looking after it for 2 years before he passed due to his illness. Monkey thorn black monkey thorn knob thorn and blue thorn. Reddish to purplish brown pods ripen during february march.
In 2008 at the 1st national bonsai exhibition in rochester ny he was awarded best tropical bonsai for his purple bougainvillea. Plant it in full sun and in fertile soil that drains well. The monkey thorn is a deciduous tree losing its leaves during the winter. Monkey thorns are large trees averaging twenty meters in height.
Monkey thorn senegalia galpinii and black monkey thorn senegalia burkei senegalia is the renamed botanical name for the commonly known acacia. Mini black monkey thorn bonsai 3 years 8 months ago 26891 the tap root was pushing the tree completely scem so i wired the tree to the pot just that the tree can settle. Ninety nine percent of the rest grow to fast to big or die when you tamper with the root system. This tree is found in zimbabwe to kwa zulu natal and nature in a variety of soils on rocky slopes and in river thorn fields and woodland.
Of the one hundred and forty seven specimens only four work easily for bonsai. The monkey thorn is native to zambia zimbabwe malawi botswana and south africa.