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| Still seeking information on creating a bonsai from a seedling Royal Poinciana. |
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- Posted by gold3nku5h (My Page) on Sat, Jun 28, 08 at 0:47
| Explain the plant a little, and are you sure these are suitable for bonsai? How tall is it? Although i guess if you start from seed anything can be turned into a bonsai? I have about 5 sprouted so far, and a few mimosa's cause i think those are like weeds around where i live. |
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- Posted by tropical_lady z10FL (My Page) on Sun, Jun 29, 08 at 20:01
| It is my understanding (from my bonsai class) that Royal Poinciana doesn't make a good choice for bonsai. The leaves will never miniaturize despite the amount of work that you will invest in it. Tropical Lady |
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- Posted by gold3nku5h (My Page) on Sun, Jun 29, 08 at 20:31
| Shoot, i bought a seedpack, they germinated pretty redily, with some still sprouting, expecting i could turn some into bonsai, but overall i just liked how it was very symmetrical with the leaves. I also like how its like a mimosa tree, and closes its leaves at night. They seem to be pretty quick growers, which i guess for bonsai can be a good and bad thing, but the leaves are pretty small, smaller than some of the tree's i've seen used as bonsai, but maybe they get bigger with age of the tree. |
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- Posted by manuremomma 9 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 20, 10 at 7:56
| How do i tell a mimosa apart from a royal poinciana without waiting for it to flower? I planted some sprouted poinciana seeds last year in large pot. I also put a few mimosa seedlings in. The markers are now gone and I can't tell the seedlings apart. If I had known that they were so similar I would have been more careful. I want to transplant the poinciana and give away the mimosa and i can't wait till they flower. Both were outside and survived the snow in Dallas last winter. Any suggestions? |
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| I have one of these. It grew about a foot the first year, and maybe an inch in the years after that. I think I'm on my third or fourth year now? Anyway, these aren't supposed to make good bonsais. I keep mind in a pot and move it indoors in the winter, leaving it outdoors in the summer. It actually does okay with this arrangement, although these things tend to lose leaves if they're too dry in the winter because I guess they're from an area with lots of winter drought. In any case, grow it in a container and overwinter it indoors. You'll get a cute, palmish-looking plant. Just don't really expect to properly bonsai it. "Both were outside and survived the snow in Dallas last winter. Any suggestions?" Mimosas are hardy to z6 or so whereas poincianas apparently can't take any sort of cold at all. So I'm guessing you only have mimosas. |
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