Bonsai Eugenia Tree
26 years old 19 x 16 x 43 tall indoor flowering bonsai tree grown and trained by bonsai boy in the christmas tree style.
Bonsai eugenia tree. Surinam cherry eugenia uniflora. Confusa are suitable for gardeners seeking a very. The ripe fruit is dark red to dark purple and tastes like a cherry. Suitable humidity drip tray is recommended.
If it receives enough light the leaves will develop red highlights. Flowering brush cherry eugenia myrtifolia brush cherries have a hearty nature which makes them ideally suited for bonsai. Since this art form started many thousands of years ago bonsai trees were meant to be placed in containers in order to show the accurate scale of nature inside a house. During it s flowering period the tree is covered in clusters of small white flowers all over the trunk and branches.
The brush cherry is an evergreen tree or shrub with dark green glossy lance shaped leaves. Eugenia shrubs grow 10 to 20 feet tall. The brush cherry is an evergreen tree or shrub native to australia and new zealand. The dark green ovate leaves are formed in pairs and are firm and glossy.
Bonsai trees are small because they are a form of representation of bigger trees. In spring the brush cherry eugenia may bear small white flowers followed by red fruit only some of which are edible. The kernels of the fruits can be grown as bonsai which make pretty indoor trees. Brush cherry eugenia myrtifolia syzygium care guide for the brush cherry bonsai tree.
The fruit is eaten fresh from the bush or used in jellies jams and preserves. Select your eugenia species based on the adult size of the plant. Has small handsome evergreen leaves which are firm and glossy and the flowers are white. If it receives enough light the leaves will develop red highlights.
These eventually develop into dark berries which are sometimes sold in delicatessens. Brush cherry is an evergreen tree or shrub some of which have been reclassified to the genus syzygium. It bears small white flowers and edible red fruit. The surinam cherry eugenia uniflora is a tree in the family myrtaceae native to tropical south america s east coast from suriname to southern brazil.
Potted in a 17 brown oval mica container. Also called syzygium paniculatum australian brush cherry. The most common eugenia shrub is the surinam cherry.