Potentilla Fruticosa Bonsai

Actually it s exposed roots neagari style not aerial roots.

Potentilla fruticosa bonsai. Not a fan of aireal roots. This one was styled by aaron at lakeshore bonsai in toronto. Mar 26 2019. Typical for this plant are its pinnate five to seven petaled flowers which resemble the fingers of a human hand.

Potentilla fruticosa is a spectacular long flowering plant which is strewed with yellow white or salmon pink flowers from may to october. Though i would have planted it a bit deeper. For use as bonsai it is the shrubby potentilla fruiticosa and its varieties that are commonly used. Common names include shrubby cinquefoil golden hardhack bush cinquefoil shrubby five finger tundra rose and widdy.

Messages 1 752 reaction score 3 813 location uk. Potentilla fruticosa is a popular and common garden shrub that makes an excellent bonsai subject. Resembling wild roses the blossoms are so profuse that they literally smother the plant. Award winning potentilla fruticosa pink beauty shrubby cinquefoil is a bushy deciduous shrub of upright habit boasting masses of clear pink flowers from late spring to the first frosts.

There s a lot more than meets the eye when it comes to styling and caring for potentilla yesterday we featured a couple little potentilla so let s stay on theme. Potentilla fruticosa before and after from lakeshore bonsai. Planning to put a nusery potentilla in a bonsai pot straight away this spring. Potentilla fruticosa 4 years 3 months ago 19683 cronic wrote.

Collecting garden potentilla bush. It responds well to bonsai techniques including pruning and growing in a pot. Potentilla bunjin turned upside down. Dasiphora fruticosa is a disputed name and the plant is still widely referenced in the horticultural literature under its synonym potentilla fruticosa.