CatInATree
Yamadori
Found this cute little dwarf schefflera at the store. Is this kind bonsaifiable? Or perhaps more suited as a houseplant?
Little dwarf schefflera
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penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
It will work as a bonsai. Personally it is far from my favorites as a tropical bonsai, but it can develop awesome aerial roots.
CatInATree
Yamadori
Then I'll do my best, I'm so split in terms of bonsai. I want my trees to quickly be cool looking bonsai, but I also prefer young seedlings/plants because they give me more control in how they're styled, more personal. But then it takes longer since they're so young.
Michael P
Omono
I have the dwarf cultivar 'Luseane'. It is very slow to develop any trunk thickness so let it grow freely until the trunk is the size you want, then cut back. The leaves do stay small even without defoliation.
CatInATree
Yamadori
Mine is just growing in regular soil right now, it's too young for training but yours looks more grown, if you want it to thicken more I'm under the impression that bonsai soil like akadama isn't the best for growth more for fine tuning.
Nice looking schefflera
Empty Mountain
Mame
I enjoy the smell of pruning schefflera, it smells like peeling a banana or something to me.
Melospiza
Shohin
I love it. It's a lemony scent to me.
Melospiza
Shohin
Gaitano
Shohin
Thread 'How To Prune a Schefflera'
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/how-to-prune-a-schefflera.9388/
This is a good thread from a few years back
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/how-to-prune-a-schefflera.9388/
This is a good thread from a few years back
Michigan Tree Murderer
Masterpiece
I have this small Dwarf Schefflera that I've been experimenting on in inorganic bonsai soil. I'm also trying to create a bayan style tree with two bigger ones in organic soil, I have a thread in the Tropical forum about it.Mine is just growing in regular soil right now, it's too young for training but yours looks more grown, if you want it to thicken more I'm under the impression that bonsai soil like akadama isn't the best for growth more for fine tuning.
Nice looking schefflera
That looks great!
Great tree! Thinking I'm going to keep this on the small size for now...
Gaitano
Shohin
Small works well. I have a few cuttings that I keep small and the leaves reduce.
I have two that I have in a banyan-like
Variegated grown over a lava rock. This tree was gifted to me in 2010 and launched me into this hobby.
This was made from several rooted cuttings from a cheap Home Depot Schefflera that I decided to screw around with.
I have two that I have in a banyan-like
Variegated grown over a lava rock. This tree was gifted to me in 2010 and launched me into this hobby.
This was made from several rooted cuttings from a cheap Home Depot Schefflera that I decided to screw around with.
These are both very nice trees IMHO... I really like the root structure on the first one!
Gaitano
Shohin
Thank you. The first is just one tree and a bunch of aerial roots.
Melospiza
Shohin
Thanks. I tried to model it after the root-over-rock Pyracantha at the Chicago Botanic garden.
gooeytek
Shohin
We saw quite a few of those from vendors at the National Arboretum during World Bonsai Day, so definitely bonsai-able. Just make sure they don't get cold and get lots of sun.
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