Bonsai in a box – Sweet Thorn Tree

Growing difficulty level- Beginner

Grow a Sweet Thorn tree from seed. All the materials are available to start growing your bonsai immediately. Your will receive 3 tree seeds, 3 peat pellets, 3 peat planting pots and growing instructions.

Known for many years as Acacia karroo, this is one of South Africa’s most beautiful and useful trees. It is integrally part of our country’s history having been used for everything from raft-making to sewing needles and fencing for the houses of the Zulu Royalty.

The Sweet Thorn has a rounded crown, branching fairly low down on the trunk. The bark is red on young branches, darkening and becoming rough with age. Sometimes an attractive reddish colour can be seen in the deep bark fissures The leaves are finely textured and dark green. The flowers appear in early summer in a mass of yellow pompons. Many insects visit and pollinate these flowers.