Tag: Brachychiton Rupestris
Brachychiton Rupestris, the Queensland Bottle Tree
The first time I ever saw Brachychiton Rupestris aka the Queensland Bottle Tree, was in nursery. I remember looking at the label and thinking it looked quite a bit like the Boab tree from Northern Australia and thinking that this wouldn’t grow very well with the cool winters we get here in Melbourne. I then [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2009 under Brachychiton, Garden Plants.
Tags: Bottle Tree, Brachychiton Rupestris, drought tolerant plants, trees
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Bonsai Bottle Tree
In my article about “How to Bonsai Australian native plants” I wrote about my Brachychiton rupestris, aka the Queensland Bottle Tree, that I’d been growing in a pot for sometime. I was contemplating turning it into a Bonsai. Now as I’ve said before I’ve always liked Bonsai but never had the patience to do it [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2009 under Bonsai, Brachychiton, Garden Plants, Information.
Tags: Bonsai, Bottle Tree, Brachychiton Rupestris
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Bonsai
How to Bonsai Australian Native Plants The art of Bonsai is something that has always interested me but was something I was always reluctant to take up mainly because of my lack of patience. Recently though I came across a gardening blog with a video of a Banksia Ericifolia Bonsai. It was amazing to hear [...]
Posted: June 18th, 2009 under Bonsai, Information.
Tags: Acacia Howittii, Banksia Aemula, Banksia Integrifolia, Banksia Serrata, Bonsai, Brachychiton Rupestris, Seasol
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