On 15 Sep 2004 at 23:39, Anthony Toft wrote:

Has anyone bonsai'ed a rose bush? My new house has an empty lot next to it
that will be cleared of a bunch of roses, and I am wondering if I could
cultivate from them (possibly by air layering them just to get the
bonsai-esque parts of the top?

Would they generate tiny flowers or regular ones?

I have seen some fairly impressive roses in bonsai pots, but I
would call them "accent plants" rather than "bonsai." I have a
miniature rose (flowers about 1 inch) that I've tried to grow a
significant enough "trunk" on to put in a small pot. The
jointed stems of roses just don't lend themselves to forming
"trunks."

That said, if these are OLD roses, dig some up and use the heavy
stumps (don't bother with air layers, you'll just get stems) as
the Base (or basis) for a flowering plant in a pot -- i.e.
bonsai.

Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - Only where
people have learned to appreciate and cherish the landscape and
its living cover will they treat it with the care and respect it
should have - Paul Bigelow Sears.

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