Our First Fuchsia – It’s About the Flowers 2/5/14

This full-of-flowers Fuchsia turned up on Aus Bonsai on facebook. They don’t say who it belongs to, which unfortunately, is what we’ve come to expect on facebook. This is not to complain about Aus Bonsai, I like what they’re doing and they do bother with the species (genus in this case) which is more than many facebook regulars. Here they are on facebook and here’s their website.

A first. We’ve been posting mostly every other day for five years (lately every day) and have never shown a Fuchsia bonsai (I had to search Fushsai just in case, and did turn up one reference, but no photos). Anyway, I’m happy and even a little excited that we’ve finally come across one; which, as it turns out, is pretty sweet.

It’s about the flowers. If this attractive little tree wasn’t in flower, it would most likely consigned to a back bench somewhere. However, it is in flower and it’s beautiful. This is a common theme with flowering bonsai. Though you will find some that are show-worthy without flowers, with others it’s mostly about the flowers.