Pyracantha sources?

[Lars Grimm]

Anyone know of any places that sell pyracantha pre-bonsai? They seem to be a very popular species in Europe, but I never see them listed for sale in the US.

 

[just.wing.it]

I saw a few at Mehaan's Miniatures last summer....a little far away for you, I suppose.

 

[milehigh_7]

Anyone know of any places that sell pyracantha pre-bonsai? They seem to be a very popular species in Europe, but I never see them listed for sale in the US.

Message me I'll see what I can find

 

[butlern]

Doesn't Brussel's sell them?

 

[Owen Reich]

Meehans Miniatures has a few sizes and cultivars. I worked there a few times this year and saw some good ones. They are good at shipping too.

Mike Rodgers also has some rough stock one in FL. PM me for his contact info.

There are a few varieties with high resistance to fire blight:

http://www.clemson.edu/extension/hgic/plants/landscape/shrubs/hgic1072.html

There are a few cultivars out of France I've heard of that are also highly resistant to fire blight and scab. Never seen them in use:
https://mikesgardentop5plants.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/pyracantha-firethorn/

 

[M. Frary]

scab.

I used to have a cat named Scab.

 

[bonsaibp]

They're super easy to find a regular nurseries. Buy a 5 gallon or even 15gallon sized one= chop in way down and in a couple years you could have the start of a really good bonsai. You could take a little more time with a big one and airlayer etc. but since they are so readily available I wouldnt bother.

 

[Lars Grimm]

They're super easy to find a regular nurseries. Buy a 5 gallon or even 15gallon sized one= chop in way down and in a couple years you could have the start of a really good bonsai. You could take a little more time with a big one and airlayer etc. but since they are so readily available I wouldnt bother.

Hmm, I'll have to look around more then. I haven't seen them at my local nurseries.

 

[Cadillactaste]

They're super easy to find a regular nurseries. Buy a 5 gallon or even 15gallon sized one= chop in way down and in a couple years you could have the start of a really good bonsai. You could take a little more time with a big one and airlayer etc. but since they are so readily available I wouldnt bother.

Depends on location. Couldn't even have nurseries get them in...in NE Ohio. Got mine from a bonsai nursery. But check with milehigh first.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Fun matetial to have...amazed at what a year on my bench brought to the table.

 

[pweifan]

There's a great bush here in front of a local restaurant. It would be prefect if it didn't have thorns I'm intrigued by the species after seeing a full-sized specimen.

 

[Shima]

I'll be selling this one but you have to pick it up and then you can never leave.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

This one is available too, better get it before it’s gone for good...I lost the whole left side, and it’s alright now, for now. You’ll need to pick it up, but you’ll also need to leave.

 

[Smoke]

This one gets a new pot this year.

 

[j evans]

Those are some nice trees! Congrats everyone.

 

[Cadillactaste]

Mine isn't near as nice as the specimens above posted. But a photo of when it arrived...and one year later.

 

[Lars Grimm]

Geez, no one wants to ship anything!

 

[Smoke]

Pyracantha is not well known to be a reliable trunk grower. It pushes growth into foliage and grows branches really well. So well that wire will bite in fast. To get a big trunked specimen you will have to find one in a yard that has been pruned back each year or hedged forcing growth back into the trunk. The tree I posted is about 3.5 across at the base and is 50 years old from a shopping center of which I know when the shopping center was built. If this were a 50 year old elm it would be at least 18 inches across the base. Unless you wish a shohin or mame tree nursery stock is going to be rather small in the trunk area.

 

[Lars Grimm]

Pyracantha is not well known to be a reliable trunk grower. It pushes growth into foliage and grows branches really well. So well that wire will bite in fast. To get a big trunked specimen you will have to find one in a yard that has been pruned back each year or hedged forcing growth back into the trunk. The tree I posted is about 3.5 across at the base and is 50 years old from a shopping center of which I know when the shopping center was built. If this were a 50 year old elm it would be at least 18 inches across the base. Unless you wish a shohin or mame tree nursery stock is going to be rather small in the trunk area.

That might explain why I see a lot of examples of root over rock.

 

[Smoke]

That might explain why I see a lot of examples of root over rock.

Well that and they have crappy roots.