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Desert Rose

Learn how to care for Adenium obesum, the Desert Rose, with expert tips on light, watering, soil, and more to keep your bonsai thriving.

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Apr 16, 20202 min read

Common Lilac

Common Lilac, a member of the Olive family and has pink, lilac sweet-scented flowers. Native to the Balkan and South East Asia.

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Apr 16, 20202 min read

Weeping Forsythia

Forsythia suspensa An early flowering spring shrub, native to China and extensively cultivated in Japan for its blooms of golden-yellow...

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Apr 15, 20202 min read

Gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides, is native to the Far East from India through to Japan. Its creamy white flowers are very fragrant.

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Apr 3, 20202 min read

Hawthorn

Crataegus monogyna The Hawthorn is Native to Europe, Western Asia and North-West Africa. A small deciduous tree growing to about 8...

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Apr 3, 20202 min read

Scots Hawthorn

Crataegus laevigata The Midland Hawthorn is a native of Europe, and in the UK is commonly found in the Midlands, where it is a small tree...

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Apr 3, 20202 min read

Chinese Hawthorn

Crataegus cuneata Native to China it is widely cultivated in Japan and Korea. Growing to about 15 meters is slightly taller than the...

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Apr 1, 20202 min read

Japanese Barberry

Berberis thunbergii, Barberry is a deciduous, compact, spiny, shrub native to Japan. Widely grown as an ornamental plant.

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Mar 18, 20202 min read

Flowering Red Currant

Ribes sanguineum, Flowering Red Currant, is a native of Northern America where it is commonly known as Blood Currant. It grows to 10 meters.

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Mar 18, 20202 min read

Red Currant

Ribes rubrum, a native of Europe, or Red Currants, are confused with red currants, which are actually dried grapes.

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Mar 11, 20202 min read

Shrubby Cinquefoil

The Cinquefoil, Potentilla fruticosa, is widely grown in the temperate regions from Europe to Japan, where it is cultivated for its colour.

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Feb 18, 20202 min read

Japanese Privet

The Japanese Privet or Waxy-leaf Privet is native to China, Korea and Japan and is an evergreen shrub that grows to 5 meters tall.

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Feb 12, 20202 min read

Crab Apple

The Crab Apple or Wild Apple (Malus Silvestri) is a deciduous tree, growing to about 10 meters, native to most of Europe.

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Feb 9, 20202 min read

Scarlet Firethorn

The Firethorn is a semi-deciduous shrub, growing to about 4 meters. Native to most of Europe, it is infrequent in the wild.

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Feb 7, 20201 min read

Japanese Flowering Cherry

Kojo-no-mai is a small shrub/trees it has crocked branches and delicate white flowers with pink centres which appear to hang like lanterns.

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Feb 5, 20202 min read

Japanese Quince

Chaenomeles japonica The Japanese Quince is much loved for their tiny, lovely flowers and showy golden fruit. The flower colours vary...

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Feb 3, 20202 min read

Chinese Camellia

Camellia sinensis is a small evergreen leaf from whose leaves tea is made. Camellia sinensis is native to the Indian Subcontinent.

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