Bird Plum Bonsai Care
Proper care will result in small fruits appearing on the tree.
Bird plum bonsai care. It s a continuously growing species so you can prune it any time of the year. After repotting your bonsai should be thoroughly watered. The sweet plum can usually recover as the tree buds easily from old wood new wood and its roots. Aphids or white fly can attack the sageretia.
This fresh soil should be worked in around and under the root mass in such a manner as to avoid leaving any air pockets. Exclusively from eastern leaf. Sageretia or bird plum cherry is semi evergreen which means that it is will drop its leaves for a short period and easy to keep. Those root easily during the growing season.
After placing the tree back in the pot the area left vacant by the pruned root mass should be filled in with fresh soil. Some say that the leaves also give off a plum scent. Repot every two to three years late spring to early summer is a good. Groom back to three leaves once it s grown.
Bonsai tree shape may vary from shown. Sageretia bonsai from herons bonsai this species is suitable for growing indoors and is similar in some ways to the indoor chinese elm. Pot may vary depending on avalibility. Use a specific pesticide and try to increase humidity.
The sageretia bird plum bonsai can be propagated from softwood and hardwood cuttings. Do you think its because of the temperature change from being inside and then taken outside thats making the new growths droop over. The sweet plum will wilt and die if allowed to dry out completely. The small white flowers are not overly showy but as the bonsai matures it produces fabulous small purple plum like fruits.
It has small glossy leaves and small black berries. Wilting can be recovered from only by a very healthy tree. This charming indoor variety is not overly particular about positioning as bright position out of direct sunlight is ideal. This species is widely used for bonsai.
They dehydrate quickly if kept in warm rooms in the winter. Bonsai cultivation notes position good light but out of full sun. It thrives outdoors in summer but it prefers cool indoor conditions in winter. It s a favourite of bonsai enthusiasts in china and is a popular indoor bonsai.