Bonsai Pink Powder Puff Tree

Powder puff bonsai is one of the showiest of all tropicals.

Bonsai pink powder puff tree. The pretty powderpuff tree blooms with red pink or white blossoms resembling soft fluffy powder puffs. Like most all the plants of this genus the pinnate leaves close together like praying hands at night. New growth sprouts with a reddish color. Tropical tree keep away from freezing temperatures.

It is a fast grower. Sporadic pink and white powder puff flowers appear year round. These hardy small trees branch out wide with very attractive leaves. The powder puff is a small mimosa like evergreen shrub featuring pinnate leaves and decorative white or red flowers.

Pink powderpuff bonsai tree scientific name calliandra schultzei rose cascade belongs to a family with over 12 000 species. The prolific pink to white puff ball flowers are very attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. This plant produces large numbers of 2 to 3 inch pink and white. Buy pink powderpuff bonsai only 49 95.

Other popular species that are often used for bonsai are calliandra haematocephala calliandra haematocephala alba calliandra haematocephala nana. Powder puff calliandra schultzei the flowering dwarf pink powder puff is an evergreen tropical tree that is native to asia and ecuador. They bloom frequently and are often used for indoor bonsai. The pink powder puff tree calliandra surinamensis is a large but low branching evergreen shrub originally native to suriname.

The powder puff is named after the whimsical exuberantly colored pink and white flowers which appear from late fall to early spring. Buy one already trained to grow like a tree on a single trunk to keep maintenance to a minimum. Powderpuffs are actually large fast growing wide shrubs. New growth sprouts with a reddish color.

Powder puff grows more horizontally than vertically. In the landscape they are primarily grown for their showy inflorescence. Calliandra consists of 150 plus species of shrubs and trees which can be found throughout tropical regions of the americas asia and madagascar. Calliandra brevipes sas the smallest leaves of the calliandra species.

Sporadic pink and white powder puff flowers appear year round. Powder puff likes full sun part shade and moderate water and fertilizer. It is a fast grower. Usa the pink powder puff tree or rose cascade is a fast growing member of the large mimososaceae or mimosa family.