Seeds require certain conditions in which to kick-start germination. We live in a warm climate, therefore, most indigenous seeds require exposure to heat before germination can occur, whereas some exotic seeds from colder climates require exposure to extreme cold.
Growing from seed is simple, if you know the natural habitat from which the seed came and mimic this environment to encourage germination.
Below is a list of Bonsai species and the care that they need in order to germinate-
- American Sweetgum
- Baobab Tree
- Blossom Tree
- Bodhi Tree
- Boxwood
- Cape Holly Tree
- Chinese Redbud
- Common Cabbage Tree
- Common Corel Tree
- Crab Apple Tree
- Crape Myrtle Tree
- Dwarf Pomegranate Tree
- Dwarf Weeping Bottle brush
- Eastern Red Cedar Tree
- Fever Tree
- Flamboyant Tree
- Gardenia Thunbergia
- Jacaranda Tree
- Japanese Cedar Tree
- Kei Apple
- Keipersol Tree
- Leopard Tree
- Monkey Thorn Tree
- Paperbark Thorn Tree
- Pink Flowering Cherry Tree
- Pompon Tree
- Red Thorn Tree
- Red Maple Tree
- Royal Azalea
- Royal Empress
- Umbrella Thorn Tree
- Weeping Boerbean Tree
- Weeping Fig
- White Stinkwood Tree
- Wild Olive Tree
- Wisteria Tree