Category: Callicarpa bodinieri
Back to: Parent Category Browse ImagesCallicarpa is a very wanted species for bonsai cultivation. It is fact a shrub, that produces extremely beautiful purple berries.
The downside is that the plant is extremely brittle and difficult to shape.
These ones are from cuttings, I was allowed to take from my neighbor's garden in May 2024.
Age: 2 years
Size: 15 cm
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Top View. Starting a bright looking year 3. I can't wait to see the fully grown berries after leaf drop.
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My first horticultural bonsai achievement: taking cuttings, growing and shaping Callicarpa into fruiting pre-bonsai.
(/me taps himself on the chest and nods: "I did this.")
Callicarpa is extremely brittle. There is only one time in the year where it is bendable: end May/earlyJune.