Carissa Natal Plum Bonsai

The fruits of the carissa carissa grandiflora are oval or round and vary in size and shape.
Carissa natal plum bonsai. It likes plenty of light and should get at least four hours of direct sunlight daily. The simple beautiful flowers are produced throughout most of the year with a five lobed white corolla and are borne either solitary or in clusters. The skin of the fully ripe fruit is bright crimson streaked with darker red. It is a low spreading plant that is often used as a ground cover shrub.
If you want a small variety that is two feet tall or under look for nana prostrata bonsai boxwood beauty or horizontalis. Natal plum carissa sp. Natal plum carissa 8 years 9 months ago 1592. My friend from our bonsai club gave me three young natal plum seedlings which she had transferred from one pot to another along with some other seedlings.
Emerald blanket is a dwarf cultivar. Natal plum bonsai tree scientific name carissa macrocarpa is very popular bonsai tree because of its beautiful fragrant white flowers and tasty red fruits. An evergreen small thorny bush which develops white and pink flowers and edible dark red fruit. There are three common varieties of carissa macrocarpa of which natal plum is the largest.
This showy plant is native to south africa and can be grown under almost any conditions except freezing cold. Carissa bonsai trees also known as natal plum are created from several carissa varieties. It develops white fragrant flowers and deep red fruit. When grown under optimum conditions of high heat and humidity growth is extremely rapid and the rooting of cuttings an almost sure success.
Natal plum carissa grandiflora is a small thorny evergreen subtropical tree which lends itself well to bonsai culture. They are all suitable for bonsai. There is little information on this plant in the bonsai literature which is surprising as it is readily available and becoming quite popular. The natal plum bonsai tree carissa macrocarpa bonsai also known as dwarf plum is a good choice for bonsai beginners because it s easy to grow but it also has appeal for more experienced.
It is thin and bruises easily. Then they were transplanted again the same night into their own little pot. Natal plum is a strong and moderately fast growing plant which tolerates almost any abuse. The flesh is deep red or crimson with white mottling.
A typical fruit is approximately an inch in diameter and one and a half inches long.