Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Portulcaria Bonsai- In Review

Portulacaria are easy to grow bonsais for beginners. Here are a few photos of my largest specimen over the last several years.

November 2009- as it is now
Brought this Portulacaria bonsai in about a month ago. Still growing in response to the warmer temperatures inside. Sometimes it will drop a lot of foliage due to the lower light levels indoors compared to on the patio during the summer.

Here is a shot of it about 5 years ago, (July 2004)  when I put it into a larger bonsai pot. This plant had been around for about15 years, just growing but cut back heavily.


Here it is in May 2007, just before being put outside in the sun. Notice that the foliage is sparse from the winter spent indoors.
By October 2007, the foliage has filled in a lot. Later on I lifted it up in the pot, and exposed some of the roots. The bottom area was cleaned up when I removed some of the "brush" at the base to make it more tree-like.

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