Bird Plum Bonsai Leaves

Growth habit is stiff and angular with truly prolific back budding.
Bird plum bonsai leaves. If you cannot provide cool growing conditions indoors during the winter then a cool conservatory or unheated greenhouse would provide the ideal environment. It is easy to treat but you will need to spray the foliage with a fungicide available from garden centres. The new tips to the leaves often display a reddish tinge which complements the lovely flaky bark beautifully. The bark is dark brown and peels off in flakes leaving brighter smooth spots.
Sageretia theezans sweet plum care guide for the sageretia theezans bonsai tree. Repotting every two years in spring use a basic soil mix. Position in good light but do not expose to direct afternoon sunlight when behind glass to avoid scorching. Some say that the leaves also give off a plum scent.
The dwarf pomegranate has dark green leaves with bronze tinges the chinese bird plum has shiny medium green oval shaped leaves that are reddish when the tree is young and the brush cherry s leaves are glossy small and firm with red highlights. It is a subtropical evergreen shrub which can grow 2 3 meters 7 to 10ft high and is native to china and japan. They shed their leaves in winter and in warm summers may flower and fruit. Chinese sweet plum bonsai sageretia theezans are a personal favourite.
Identify fruits the bonsai tree produces. The sageretia needs constant warm temperatures and must not be exposed to frost. Pruning trim to shape throughout the growing season. It can produce little white flowers and small black fruit.
As the leaves develop they turn bright green. If your bonsai does have black spot you will probably notice spots on all the leaves new and old. A superb variety for indoors easy to care for and ideal as a beginner s bonsai tree. Bird plum sageretia theezans a shrub or small tree from asia with small shiny green leaves.
Feeding every two weeks in summer monthly in winter when in active growth. The leaves are small light green oval and shiny. Exclusively from eastern leaf. The sageretia is also called chinese sweet plum or bird plum.
The sageretia or chinese sweet plum bonsai tree has beautiful bright green foliage. It has naturally small leaves of less than inch that reduce even smaller. They have dark coloured berries which birds are fond of hence the chinese name cheuk mui or bird plum cherry. Sageretia bonsai tree arrives in a 6 rectangular pot and measures 8 10 tall potted.
It is important to repeat spray according to the instructions on the bottle.