Rose bonsai?

[Bonsai Nut]

Just curious if anyone out there has, or has seen, convincing rose bonsai.

I was thinking about it when I was trimming some mini roses behind the house...

 

[thumblessprimate1]

I've seen a few nice shohin ones somewhere in the eastern part of the world. I'm trying to get a root over rock going recently. Still very early in development. It has relatively small leaves and flowers.

 

[coh]

I actually saw one recently that looked pretty good. I think it was somewhere on facebook. If I can find it, I'll post a link. It was a large specimen.

 

[JoeR]

I saw some for sale on craigslist some time back that looked really nice.

 

[quietobserver]

Just curious if anyone out there has, or has seen, convincing rose bonsai.

I was thinking about it when I was trimming some mini roses behind the house...

Japanese quince are in the Rosacea (rose) family, so why not. I've had the thought myself but I'm a quince hoarder so I don't count.

 

[Vin]

I have one I'm developing. It has a fairly nice trunk and I'm just working on developing branches at this time. It's a miniature thornless variety. We'll see how it goes over the next couple years.

 

[Geo]

Yes.Go to IBC Forum Rose Progression Herbert A if you want to drool over a rose.

 

[GrimLore]

I have tried several different types of Roses over the years in pots including a few mini. Seems they did great for 3 and sometimes 4 seasons then just whither away... Never figured out why but I did stop trying. We always have had great success with ground grown at the same locations. Oldest so far at the old house is 22 years old now and still growing nicely. Here we planted three last year here in the ground and they are really doing great but for me anyways no more potted...

Grimmy

 

[Ceijay]

I was looking around for the same thing when I was newer to the forums. I think I made a thread because I remember someone told me that they rot real bad when they get older, so I guess keep that in mind. I've been trying since last year to get cutting of my roses to give it a try myself.

I guess it's silly but the first image result for "rose bonsia" is one I always liked.

 

[AaronThomas]

Have had this one in my picture file.... no info on it so not sure if its real.

 

[Geo]

Has anyone looked at the IBC rose, Do it.

 

[KennedyMarx]

BNut, Ive been thinking about bonsai roses since last year when I got a mini rose bush.

I've heard that after a few years of container culture they tend to give up and die outta nowhere, like Grimmy's experience. I've looked at a few of the starters around here and they're all grafted. It makes me wonder if I could carve into the stubs by the grafts and make them into a deadwood feature. I figure that I'll end up with some cool rose bushes if they don't work out for bonsai. Or some firewood.

 

[Tentakelaertje]

Yes.Go to IBC Forum Rose Progression Herbert A if you want to drool over a rose.

http://ibonsaiclub.forumotion.com/t16070-progress-of-a-rose

Herbert has got a lot of bonsai to drool over.

 

[Steve Kudela]

Just curious if anyone out there has, or has seen, convincing rose bonsai.

I was thinking about it when I was trimming some mini roses behind the house...

My giant Banksia doesn't qualify?

 

[coh]

My giant Banksia doesn't qualify?

That's the one I was thinking of, didn't remember that it was posted here.

For the lazy people: http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/sunshine-on-a-not-so-cloudy-day.22748/

 

[TomB]

On the web page http://www.magiminiland.org/Days/Kokufutenb.html#Photos you'll find this image captioned "Kokufu Prize, 2013: Semi-cascade style White Japanese rose (Rosa rugosa alba)"

Pretty convincing!

 

[rockm]

Ran across this link
http://minibara.8ware.com/tanoshimi/E_tanoshimi.html

 

[Vin]

My giant Banksia doesn't qualify?

I'm pretty sure it qualifies

 

[Vin]

I've heard that after a few years of container culture they tend to give up and die outta nowhere, like Grimmy's experience. I've looked at a few of the starters around here and they're all grafted. It makes me wonder if I could carve into the stubs by the grafts and make them into a deadwood feature. I figure that I'll end up with some cool rose bushes if they don't work out for bonsai. Or some firewood.

This is one reason why I've decided to treat mine like an azalea and plan on using a bigger and deeper pot when I repot it (most likely next spring). Mine came from an older nursery and I was told it had been in a container for 10 or so years if I remember correctly.

 

[TyroTinker]

Just curious if anyone out there has, or has seen, convincing rose bonsai.

I was thinking about it when I was trimming some mini roses behind the house...

Reviving and old thread.
I’ve been seeing a few “rose bonsai” for sale on Facebook’s 99¢ Bonsai auction lately. Which of course led me back here to do research

This thread is a couple years old now and that’s how long roses seem to last in pot life... So to those of you that started one, how are everyone’s roses doing? Any new experiences out there?

Bonsai Nut have you cut up any of your rose bushes for testing yet?