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The Baby Jade Bonsai: Progressive Gardeners Apply Within |
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Written by Ava Conner
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Saturday, 19 April 2008 |
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The Baby Jade Bonsai is an excellent choice for bonsai gardeners of all skill levels who desire an indoor bonsai. Baby Jades are succulent, tropical plants native to Africa. Though they are a rather new variety of bonsai, Baby Jades are becoming quite popular due to their stunning looks.
by AvaConner
The Baby Jade Bonsai is an excellent choice for bonsai gardeners of all skill levels who desire an indoor bonsai. Baby Jades are succulent, tropical plants native to Africa. Though they are a rather new variety of bonsai, Baby Jades are becoming quite popular due to their stunning looks.
The Baby Jade, also known as the Elephant Bush, has a fleshy trunk, branches and leaves that are used to store water. The leaves are pale green in color, almost round in shape, and about a third of the leaves of a normal jade plant. In its natural environment, the Baby Jade will grow to six feet in height.
How to Take Care of Your Baby Jade
You will have no trouble at all using the Baby Jade bonsai as an indoor bonsai tree. The most important thing to remember is that it will need proper lighting so that it can produce enough food for nutrition. You can spread watering over long intervals as the Baby Jade bonsai needs relatively little water.
The dryness of the soil your tree is potted in is the best gauge to determine watering needs. You will want to monitor the soil and water your Baby Jade bonsai when the soil is dry. Even though the Baby Jade can go long periods of time without a watering, care should be taken to never go too long!
Baby Jade bonsais are very fast growers. Plan accordingly for the shaping of your tree. Your preferences will play a large role in how much time you spend shaping. At the end of the day your Baby Jade bonsai will reward you. This is a beautiful bonsai tree, especially when flowering.
The Baby Jade's bark will go through various stages in its lifetime. It will start with a green bark. As the tree matures, the bark will turn deep red. When the final stages of maturity are reached, a beatiful, natural gray coloring will take over. The flowers of the Baby Jade bonsai are purple in color with pink borders, shaped like stars.
The Baby Jade bonsai is perfect for all bonsai gardeners. There are traditionalist that might tell you it is not a true bonsai because it is not one of the traditional species. The Baby Jade has proven it is worthy of being a bonsai. Thousands of gardeners can now attest to that!
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