Jade Bonsai – Plant

The Baby Jade or Portulacaria afra, also known as Dwarf Jade Plant, Elephant’s Food, and Elephant Bush, is a small-leaved succulent found in South Africa. It is a soft-wooded, semi-evergreen upright shrub or small tree. Similar in appearance to the Jade Plant ( Crassula argentea), but has smaller and rounder pads and more compact growth. It is much hardier, faster growing, more loosely branched, and has more limber tapering branches than Crassula. The fleshy trunk, branches, and leaves are used to store water. An excellent bonsai tree for the home or office.

How to Feeding Jade Plant Bonsai :

Once a month during the growth season (spring-autumn).

Pruning: Jade Plant Bonsai 

As a succulent, water is contained its trunk and branches; they tend to bend from their weight. Jades respond well to pruning, which should be done regularly to force the tree to grow branches also lower on its trunk. Do not use cut-paste though, as this might lead to rotting.

Repotting: Jade Plant Bonsai  Repot the three every second year in spring, using a very well-draining soil mixture.