Is the Baby Jade Bonsai Right for Your Garden
The Baby Jade Bonsai is an excellent choice for bonsai gardeners of all skill levels who desire an indoor bonsai. Baby Jades are succulent, tropical plants native to Africa. Though they are a rather new variety of bonsai, Baby Jades are becoming quite popular due to their stunning looks.
The Baby Jade has fleshy branches and leaves that store water. In nature this plant will grow to close to 6 feet tall. As a bonsai you can expect its leaves to be roughly a third of the size of a wild Baby Jade.
Baby Jade Watering, Nutrition, and Maintenance
You will have no trouble at all using the Baby Jade bonsai as an indoor bonsai tree. The most important thing to remember is that it will need proper lighting so that it can produce enough food for nutrition. You can spread watering over long intervals as the Baby Jade bonsai needs relatively little water.
You will need to monitor the moisture level of your Baby Jade bonsais soil. When the soil has finally become dry, you will need to water your plant. Care must be taken to never avoid watering your tree. It can go a long time without water, but not completely without it!
Baby Jade bonsais tend to grow fast. Your shaping preferences will determine how much time and how often you spend on this aspect of bonsai gardening. Do not worry though, your hard work will be rewarded. The Baby Jade is a beautiful plant, especially when it is flowering.
The Baby Jade’s bark will go through various stages in its lifetime. It will start with a green bark. As the tree matures, the bark will turn deep red. When the final stages of maturity are reached, a beatiful, natural gray coloring will take over. The flowers of the Baby Jade bonsai are purple in color with pink borders, shaped like stars.
There are some more traditional bonsai gardeners who will try to tell you that the Baby Jade bonsai is not a real bonsai. I say they are wrong. There are thousands of bonsai gardeners who proudly display their Baby Jade bonsai and will tell you loud and clear that the Baby Jade is here to stay!
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