Oriental Tea Tree Bonsai

We must place them indoors always close to a source of natural light.

Oriental tea tree bonsai. The tea tree bonsai can be easily trained and pruned using the clip and grow method. Directional pruning techniques can be used to fill out pad layers. The oriental tea tree carmona microphylla is a simple elegant flowering bonsai ideal for growing indoors. The fukien tea is still very popular for penjing in china and in western countries it is a common indoor bonsai tree.

We recommend making the cuts at least 4 5 pairs down from new shoots. This plant is also known as the philippine tea tree and is a flowering plant in the borage family. This will ensure that there is wood in the branch to promote new bud growth. The leaves are unusually shaped well proportioned.

It is also found in parts of australia japan taiwan and indonesia. The so called indoor trees are mostly trees from tropical origins that do not support low temperatures. One of our more popular indoor trees the fujian tea tree shares similar leaf and trunk characteristics as the chinese elm but with the added benefit of blooming white flowers. Flowering tea tree fujian fukien tea fukien tea bonsai tree produces tiny white flowers and berries.

Carmona fukien tea the fukien tea is originally from china and it was named after the province fukien in chinese fuijan. Oriental or fukien tea tree. It is also endemic in parts of japan indonesia taiwan and australia.