Sunday 29 April 2012

Baby Jade Bonsai-perfect indoor Bonsai choice


Baby Jade Bonsai is an excellent choice for bonsai gardeners all skill levels who want an indoor bonsai. Baby Jades are succulent, tropical plants native to Africa. Although they are a fairly new variety of bonsai, Baby Jades completely popular due to their tremendous appearance.

Baby Jade, also known as elephant Bush, have 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 grows Baby Jade to six metres in height.

Baby Jade Bonsai care and maintenance

Baby Jade bonsai is perfectly suitable to be an indoor bonsai. You must provide it with suitable lighting so the tree can produce food. Water is of course a must, however, the Baby Jade bonsai can survive very well with long intervals between watering. In reality, this plant has a difficult time surviving if over watered.

Dryness in your tree is encapsulated in the soil is the best gauge to determine irrigation needs. You want to monitor land and water your Baby Jade bonsai when the soil is dry. Although Baby Jade can go long periods of time without an irrigation, we must never go too far!

Baby Jade bonsais tends to grow rapidly. Your shaping preferences will determine how much time and how often you use this aspect of the bonsai gardening. Don't worry, your hard work will be rewarded. Baby Jade is a beautiful plant, especially when the flowering.

Baby Jade's bark will go through various stages in its life. It starts with a green bark. As the tree matures, turn off the bark deep red. When the closing stages of maturity is reached, a beautiful natural coloring gray will take over. The flowers of Baby Jade bonsai is purple color with pink edges shaped like stars.

More conservative bonsai Gardener might not want to choose a Baby Jade to a bonsai, as they are not part of the traditional species used. However, the Baby Jade has shown that it successfully can be done to a bonsai, and will reward Gartner wise enough to choose one with years of beauty and peace.







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