Preferrably, I'd like a young (~2 years or less) Japanese sakura cherry tree, although I could also start from seed or use different species of cherry trees.
I'd like to thank you all for your help in advance.
Full Version: Cherry seed/tree
I'm looking for anywhere I can get a cherry tree, or perhaps get some seeds to start from. I've searched on google, but it seems all the results point to the same tree, and that link doesn't even work.
Preferrably, I'd like a young (~2 years or less) Japanese sakura cherry tree, although I could also start from seed or use different species of cherry trees.
I'd like to thank you all for your help in advance.
Preferrably, I'd like a young (~2 years or less) Japanese sakura cherry tree, although I could also start from seed or use different species of cherry trees.
I'd like to thank you all for your help in advance.
Why don't you go to a place that sells fruit, purchase different samples of cherries, keep seeds of the ones that taste best clean,dry & plant?
Home Depot is stocked with several varieties of domestic Cherry trees, all suitable for bonsai.
There are several Prunus varietals of sakara, e.g., Prunus serrulata kiku-shidare sakura, Prunus serr. hisakura, Prunus serr. shimidsu sakura, etc, which differ mainly in whether they produce single or double blooms. As of writing this email posting there are several seeds of Prunus serr. shimidsu sakura available for auction on EBay at $2.75 a pack (5 seeds/pk).
If you go with the seeds of a domestic cherry sp. you'll have a pretty high germination rate but (1) >70% seeds revert to the wild form which is a pretty ugly plant and (2) the leaves are huge, neither qualities of which are suitable for bonsai. The prettiest bonsai species in my opinion is not P. serr. sakara but Prunus serr. Kanzan.
If you go with the seeds of a domestic cherry sp. you'll have a pretty high germination rate but (1) >70% seeds revert to the wild form which is a pretty ugly plant and (2) the leaves are huge, neither qualities of which are suitable for bonsai. The prettiest bonsai species in my opinion is not P. serr. sakara but Prunus serr. Kanzan.
QUOTE(atlhotrod @ Mar 30 2004, 06:48 AM)
There are several Prunus varietals of sakara, e.g., Prunus serrulata kiku-shidare sakura, Prunus serr. hisakura, Prunus serr. shimidsu sakura, etc, which differ mainly in whether they produce single or double blooms. As of writing this email posting there are several seeds of Prunus serr. shimidsu sakura available for auction on EBay at $2.75 a pack (5 seeds/pk).
If you go with the seeds of a domestic cherry sp. you'll have a pretty high germination rate but (1) >70% seeds revert to the wild form which is a pretty ugly plant and (2) the leaves are huge, neither qualities of which are suitable for bonsai. The prettiest bonsai species in my opinion is not P. serr. sakara but Prunus serr. Kanzan.
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If you go with the seeds of a domestic cherry sp. you'll have a pretty high germination rate but (1) >70% seeds revert to the wild form which is a pretty ugly plant and (2) the leaves are huge, neither qualities of which are suitable for bonsai. The prettiest bonsai species in my opinion is not P. serr. sakara but Prunus serr. Kanzan.
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Can you tell me what type of Sakura Tree is the one most often planted in Japan. Particularily in parks used for "Hanami". The trees in Ueno park in Tokyo for example.
Thanks
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