spring color

spring color from the islands

ooops. need to study the tutorial more

kauaibonsai wrote:ooops. need to study the tutorial more

Howzit Cuz,

How, you get'em??

-Tim

trying again.

orchids are starting. flowering trees are blossoming [img]http://i66.servimg.c[url=https://servimg.com/view/15061647/26]om/u/f66/15/06/16/47/dsc05134.jpg[/img][/url]

a few more. some bougainvillea in the yard

a few more. thanks for your patience

Oh Cuz.... you get some nice stuff man!! I like your bougies. You get some cool looking figs too. When I come to Kaua'i I going check you out.

-Tim

Bougies in flower, Awesome!!

I love this one in particular:




What height is it? Any idea of age?

And, what sort of temperature do you need to get Bougies to flower like that/how long will it flower for?

Oh, so many questions!!!

Thanks for sharing your pics from a very jealous northern temperate (i.e. bloody cold in winter) zonee*.


Fiona


* apologies to Jim Lewis - that was nearly as bad as "asylee".

And, what sort of temperature do you need to get Bougies to flower like that/how long will it flower for?

I'm sure he has a much longer blooming season that I do, but my bougie is in bloom most of the year -- including winter when it is being tortured inside my sun room. If you stress them, they will bloom. In Hawaii, they may need less stress.

JimLewis wrote:

And, what sort of temperature do you need to get Bougies to flower like that/how long will it flower for?

I'm sure he has a much longer blooming season that I do, but my bougie is in bloom most of the year -- including winter when it is being tortured inside my sun room. If you stress them, they will bloom. In Hawaii, they may need less stress.

Howzit Jim,

Your right on the money!! In Hawaii they start blooming in January and pretty much bloom all year round. The airport bougies I got four weeks ago are starting to have new shoots.

-Tim

Great! You have a really nice garden there. Thanks for posting.
If you get the time, please put up some of the trees in singleshots.

thanks for the responses, everyone. appreciate the feedback.

maui hawaiian - anytime you come our way, you're welcome.

Fiona - the tree's dimensions. H 21.5", W 23", Trunk base 10.5 " approx age. 50 yrs. ave. temp year around where I live. day mid-low 80's (f). night mid-low 70's. from first budding to full flower, the process can span one month.

Jim - where I live, bougainvillea flower year around without the need for artificial stressing, however, every tree does not develop a full display of blossoms every time. bougainvillea flowers only at the ends of new growth. besides a good fertilization program, the best way to insure flowering is to cut the tree back hard after it blossoms.

storm - yes, I will post some individual pictures here are a few. grape, bougainvillea
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Mahalo Cuz..... I can ask.... what part of Kaua'i you stay??

-Tim

poipu

few more

Really cool bonsai my friend...

Where is Poipu? I spent 11 days on the North Coast...33 years ago. Missed Poipu. Didn't really see much beyond the airport and the North Coast...

By the way...I have two lovely grandaughters whose other grandfather is a Hamasaki...from Kauii. I met the girls grandmother about 2 weeks before leaving for Kauii...

Pat…mounted on my trusty stead, riding off wildly in all directions…

could you please post more pictures of individual trees that can be seen at a distance in our posted pictures. you can't make out exactly what species they are.

hi pat. poipu is on the south side of the island. small world that your family includes relatives from this island.

hibonsai - sorry, don't understand what you are asking.

sorry i wasn't more clear. i just wanted to see more close-up pictures of some species i couldn't make in your distant shots.

in pic #1, is that a bougie in the blue pot?

in pic #2, is that a Vitex rotundifolia?

in pic #7, is that a buttonwood above the bougie?

OK, now I understand. you have sharp eyes. yes, the tree in the blue pot is a BIG purple bougainvillea. my best flowering tree for a host of reasons. the tree in #2 is a vitex a very old one with a beautiful trunk. the tree in #7 is premna microphylla as was the raft on pg 2 , #10.[url=https://servimg.com/image_preview.php? here are some closer looks at the pohinahina .=68&u=15061647][/url]some [url=https://servimg.com/image_preview.php? i=71&u=15061647][/url] a smaller one

all i can say is wow, beautiful, old, and extremely gnarly looking! i love it! thanks for going to the trouble and posting the pics

Do you have any buttonwoods?