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Australian plants grown as bonsai
Bonsai depends upon finely honed horticultural skills tuned to the individual needs of each species. Discovering the needs and diverse possibilities of Australian plants used as bonsai is timely at the beginning of the 21st century. Discovering how to style bonsai to evoke the spirit and diversity of Australian landscapes is an exciting challenge.
Members of the Study Group are compiling a database of Australian native species currently being grown as bonsai. There are over 570 unique names in the data base at present. The information from the database is summarised in the following tables listing only those species of Australian plants grown as bonsai at least six times (data current as of early 2007).
If you are currently growing native plants as bonsai and haven’t reported them to the Group, please send details to me at rjhnatiuk@yahoo.com.au.
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Plant Name |
Frequency of reports |
Plant Name | Frequency of reports | |
| Ficus rubiginosa | 54 |
Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
10 | |
| Banksia serrata | 37 | Brachychiton acerifolius | 9 | |
| Banksia integrifolia | 28 | Ficus coronata | 9 | |
| Allocasuarina torulosa | 24 | Banksia ericifolia | 9 | |
| Callistemon sp. | 19 | Melaleuca incana | 8 | |
| Ficus macrophylla | 19 |
Melaleuca styphelioides |
8 | |
| Kunzea ambigua | 18 | Ficus benjamina | 8 | |
| Banksia marginata | 18 | Leptospermum petersonii | 7 | |
| Nothofagus cunninghamii | 16 | Podocarpus elatus | 7 | |
| Brachychiton populneus | 16 | Eucalyptus sp. | 7 | |
| Grevillea robusta | 15 | Melaleuca rhaphiophylla | 7 | |
| Leptospermum laevigatum | 15 |
Callistemon viridiflorus |
7 | |
| Acmena smithii | 14 |
Ceratopetalum gummiferum |
7 | |
| Tristaniopsis laurina | 14 |
Leptospermum rotundifolium |
7 | |
| Babingtonia virgata | 14 |
Eucalyptus pauciflora |
7 | |
| Elaeocarpus reticulatus | 13 | Corymbia maculata | 7 | |
| Lagarostrobos franklinii | 13 | Wollemia nobilis | 6 | |
| Syzygium sp. | 13 | Athrotaxis selaginoides | 6 | |
| Callistemon viminalis | 12 |
Casuarina equisetifolia 'dwarf' |
6 | |
| Callitris glaucophylla | 12 |
Microcachrys tetragona |
6 | |
| Brachychiton rupestris | 12 | Banksia spinulosa | 6 | |
| Podocarpus lawrencei | 12 | Athrotaxis cupressoides | 6 | |
| Melaleuca linariifolia | 11 | Leptospermum sp. | 6 | |
| Allocasuarina littoralis | 11 | Lophostemon confertus | 6 | |
| Callistemon viminalis cv 'Captain Cook' | 11 | Callistemon 'Little John' | 6 | |
| Angophora costata | 11 |
Callitris rhomboidea |
6 | |
|
Ficus rubiginosa cv 'Little Ruby' |
11 | Rulingia hermanniifolia | 6 | |
| Agonis flexuosa | 10 | Leptospermum lanigerum | 6 | |
| Acacia howittii | 10 | Prumnopitys ladei | 6 | |
|
Casuarina cunninghamiana |
10 | Melaleuca lanceolata | 6 | |
| Eucalyptus nicholii | 10 | Ficus obliqua | 6 |