Blue Jacaranda Bonsai Care

If you summer outdoor it should be brought inside well before the first frost.

Blue jacaranda bonsai care. Young jacaranda trees should be pruned to form one central leader main trunk for strength and stability. If the jacaranda is kept inside the house all year it will be difficult to reduce the leaf size. Otherwise try to avoid pruning your jacaranda because this can force it to grow vertical suckers that can distort the tree s shape. The larger the potted jacaranda tree is allowed to grow the harder it will be to move it indoors for winter and back outdoors in the spring.

Prefers sandy well drained moderately fertile soil. The genus name is that used by locals in brazil. With bouquets of delicate purple to bluish flowers jacaranda trees jacaranda spp decorate yards and street borders in u s. Not salt tolerantoften fails to flower in the path of ocean winds.

Jacaranda a genus of the american tropics was named by famed french botanist antoine juisseau in the early 19th century. Bonsai blue prefers well draining enriched soil and will require regular watering especially during its first growing season and when grown in a container. Once established your plant will look after itself a bit better and you can reduce the frequency of watering. The jacaranda bonsai blue will always need pruning.

How to grow jacaranda in a pot. Annual pruning and shaping of potted jacaranda trees will be necessary during the dormant period to maintain a size suitable for containers. Care for a jacaranda tree almost always includes pruning. Young plants are injured below 25f but often come back from a hard freeze to make multistemmed bushy plants.

In order to give it the best shape to show off those blooms smaller branches should be trimmed early in the spring. We consider jacaranda an indoor bonsai in most of the usa because it will be deciduous outdoors in various degrees in areas with cool falls winters or in areas with long dry periods. Clip off suckers that grow vertically and keep one main trunk with some major branches leading off from the middle. Ensure that the soil is kept moist by soaking it with water.

Especially when they are planted in a bonsai pot jacaranda trees must be protected from lower temperatures. Jacaranda is fairly hardy after it matures a bit. The jacaranda needs a lot of light and the temperatures should not fall under 15 c 59 f. Bonsai blue grows 6 feet tall with deep purple blooms.

It won t tolerate long periods of freezing temperatures. Department of agriculture plant. Your jacaranda tree will benefit from being planted in an open space in full sunlight with slightly sandy soil. Seasonal pruning should be limited to removing only broken or diseased branches.