Abies bracteata - Bristlecone Fir
[edit] Uses
The wood of most firs is considered unsuitable for general timber use, and is often used as pulp or for the manufacture of plywood and rough timber.
Melaleuca bracteata
This Melaleuca was bought from a bonsai nursery in 1997 and has been repotted four times since. It was not until 2002, when the pot was permanently placed in a deep tray with water, that it really started to grow well.
Notes: Its nut-bracts have a basal node on one side only. Nutlets are 2 cm. to 4 cm.
In early Summer, green flowers are produced in flowerheads to 1cm across, surrounded by 4 white bracts around 2-5cm long. Flowers are followed by strawberry-like, fleshy red fruit. Native to Korea and Japan where heights of 7metres are often reached.
They flower most heavily in winter and early spring, but some plants put forth scattered clusters all year. The colorful, papery "blooms" are not flowers; they are bracts.
Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) - popular Christmas gift plant, colorful bracts, easy to keep as a bonsai when others are throwing theirs away. Needs bright, indirect light, adequate moisture.
to the next branch; buds back on old wood; don't bare-root young plants; give less water before flowering, more during flowering, little throughout the winter; give lots of light; known to produce "flowers" (actually modified colored showy bracts ...
 See also: Plant, Species, Tree, Fruit, Trunk
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