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Topiary & Bonsai Plants
Plants listed on this page are suitable species in the arts of topiary and bonsai. We also list other plants that may not be commonly used in these regards but that take well to training.
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Acacia confusa - Taiwanese Acacia Type of Plant: Acacia confusa is a native plant of Taiwan and most commonly grows in the mountains up to 1800m. It inhabits very harsh terrain that sees little rain for months followed by torrential rains and typhoons. The bark to the tree is rich in tannins and is recently being used as a source plant for DMT in Ayahuasca. |
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Anadenanthera colubrina - Cebil Type of Plant: Medium tropical tree reaching 20m. Many branched and well suited to dry savannahs. Seeds are used by tribes as a hallucinogenic snuff. Wood is used somewhat as a timber source and fire wood. |
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Annona cherimola - Cherimoya Type of Plant: Small tree, slightly cold tolerant. Produces fruit in the winter in warm places. |
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Annona muricata- Soursop Type of Plant: Small to medium trees from the topics/sub-tropics. Fruit are quite large, up to 1kg+, slightly sour. |
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Annona squamosa- Sugar Apple Type of Plant: Small tree somewhat cold tolerant. Fruit are considered one of the best fruit species, easy to eat and break open with the hand. Used in drinks, baking and as a table fruit. |
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Type of Plant: Bougainvillea are ornamental flowers that grow as a shrub/vine. Flowers come in oranges, pinks, purples and white. |
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Camellia sinensis - Tea Type of Plant: Camellia sinensis is the plant in which tea comes from. There are numers types of teas such as green, black, oolong, ching etc. |
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Cinnamomum verum - Cinnamon Type of Plant: Cinnamon is a wonderful spice obtained from the bark of various Cinnamomum species. We sell both raw bark and prepared bark for ready to use consumption. |
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Coffea arabica - Coffee Type of Plant: Coffee is probably, after tea, the most commonly consumed plant based drink. The plants also, as they are adapted to shady conditions, make excellent indoor houseplants. |
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Delonix regia - Flame Tree Type of Plant: The flame tree is a member of the Fabaceae family and has fine fern like leaves. Grows to 30m tall or more and gets literally covered in large orange-red flowers, hence its name: Flame Tree. |
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Euphoria longan - Longan Type of Plant: Longan is Lycheeˇ¦s little cousin in the fruit world. The sweet juicy fruit is revealed form under the peeled off skin. These trees become fairly large with time and can produce quite a lot of fruit. Fruit is also dried and eaten or used in cooking. |
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Ficus elastica - Rubber Tree Type of Plant: Although named rubber tree, this plant is not actually used for rubber even though it does drip latex from cuts. This is a great foliage plant, suitable for indoors and out. In hot climates be careful as this plant gets massive! |
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Type of Plant: Ficus microcarpa is a large Ficus tree, with many aerial roots and can become naturally banyan style. This plant can grow to incredibly huge sizes, not just up but out! Ficus microcarpa is also a wonderful plant for bonsai. |
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Koelreuteria elegans - Chinese Raintree Type of Plant: This tropical tree is quite a lovely sight when in full flower. The entire tree lights up with yellow flowers followed by its surrounding leaves turning pink, red then brown. |
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Lantana camara - Shrub Verbena Type of Plant: Lantana camara is a wonderful flowering plant that is amazing at attracting butterflies. It can be trained as topiary or let to grow as a massive bush. Public gardens often use this along roads as a hedge of flowers and for its ability to attract butterflies. |
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Mangifera indica - Mango Type of Plant: Mango is a worldwide favorite. used in cooking, drinks, candies etc but most often enjoyed as a fresh fruit. This tree can grow quite large, and is especially great in that it can tolerate drought and it does not require a lot of fertilizers to grow well. |
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Mimosa hostilis - Jeruma (MHRB) Type of Plant: Mimosa hostilis originates from Central and South America. Its stem bark is very high in tannins. The root bark is used by many as a source plant for the ceremonial drink Ayahuasca. |
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Pachira aquatica - Money tree Type of Plant: Money trees are a great "finger" leaved tree made famous by Taiwanese that began braiding them. In Taiwan they are also used in Fengshui to keep money in, presumably this is the root of the common English name Money Tree.. |
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Psidium guajava - Guava Type of Plant: Guava is a commercially grown fruit crop. Trees are medium size, and fairly dense. Easy to grow, easy to fruit. |
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Tabernaemontana divaricata - Crepe Jasmines Type of Plant: Crepe Jasmine is a lovely ornamental plant with lots of white scented flowers. Flowers are most aromatic at night. The plant is also packed with alkaloids and is a promising plant for future medicine study. |
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Tamarindus indica -Tamarind Type of Plant: Tamarind fruit is used either as a table fruit or in jams/jellies, curries and other cooking. The leaves are also sometimes used as a vegetable in some areas. Trees grow fairly large and are very drought tolerant and require little care. |
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Last Updated: 2011
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