Please help me identify this bonsai!

Loksoff · Mon Sep 19, 2011 12:39 pm

I got this tree yesterday and know very little about bonsai. I've been reading a lot since buying this little guy, and I want to learn as much as possible about it so I can take care of it properly. Can anyone tell me what this bonsai tree is?
[img]https://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x430/loksoff/23755a5c.jpg[/img]

kdodds · Tue Sep 20, 2011 8:25 am

No clue here, but I'll take a stab at Ligustrum (Privet), which is probably wrong.

TomM · Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:47 am

Can you shoot it from a lower angle - like 'eye-level' - rather than from above? Maybe front and side views.

Loksoff · Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:31 pm

[img]https://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x430/loksoff/6529547a.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x430/loksoff/ed19be3a.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x430/loksoff/5cbd3145.jpg[/img]

Hopefully these might help! I would have replied much earlier but I guess helpful Gardner emails were going to my spam folder... Darn. Thanks for the help!

Loksoff · Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:34 pm

Obviously you can tell I removed the moss. It was one of the reasons I chose this tree over another, but came to find out that it could hurt it. Darn. Lots of help the seller was when it came tothat type of info. Also o e thing about it that might help identify it, it sprouted a white flower last night from one of the top branches.

TomM · Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:59 pm

White flower? I'm thinking serissa.

Thanks for the better pics. This will help.

Loksoff · Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:53 pm

It looks like serissa, just by comparing it to pictures on google. Awesome! Thanks so much.

TomM · Thu Sep 22, 2011 5:36 am

Here's a test. Pinch off a tip and smell it. Serissa has a rather unpleasant 'fetid' odor. Not as pretty as the plant/flowers.

Loksoff · Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:04 pm

I broke a leaf and couldn't smell anything. Maybe it's because I have a cold. Haha

kdodds · Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:03 pm

Possibly Punica as well, maybe Clerodendrum.

G.P.bonsai · Mon Sep 24, 2012 1:41 pm

The leaves look a bit like Japanes Azelia's

manofthetrees · Wed Sep 26, 2012 11:27 am

I have one of these and was wondering what the heck it was . I thought it was and azalea until it started forming flowers a month ago . they are pink/red little balls in clusters of unopened flowers at the moment so hopefuly someone can figure this one out

manofthetrees · Tue Oct 02, 2012 11:10 am

ok I think I figured yours out ,but not mine...if the flower looks similar to a strawberry flower it is a prunus spinosa or blackthorn