Jade Plant Bonsai Styles
Styles of jade bonsai trees jade plant as bonsai.
Jade plant bonsai styles. The jade plant has thick glossy deep green oval shaped leaves and thick brown stems. Find a pot that is large enough to allow the jade plant to grow it should be slightly wider and deeper than the. About jade bonsai formal upright style the jade tree plant is part of a plant classification known as succulents. There are several smaller versions of crassula that work well and other similar plants like elephants food with their rubbery stems and tiny leaves.
How to start your crassula bonsai. How to bonsai a jade plant step 1. These two jade plant varieties do not fill the requirements of a true classic bonsai tree. However they are perfect for a beginning bonsai enthusiast.
Like the formal upright this bonsai style creates an approximately triangular tree shape but. Prune your jade bonsai to shape it. Crassula the jade plant is particularly great to use for bonsai with its tree like form and ability to withstand considerable rough treatment. The jade has a thick trunk and a fine branch structure with thick oval green succulent leaves.
However in recent years the use of the jade plant crassula ovata and dwarf jade plant portulacaria afra have been recognized as excellent bonsai substitutes. Guided by the plant s natural structure ideal styles. Pear shaped glossy green leaves that are flattened yet succulent characterize the jade plant.