Trimming a Portulacaria

[mat]

Here's a cool video (more of a photo progression I guess) of Richard Turner trimming his big Portulacaria afra. I wonder how often he repots it.

http://youtu.be/6DZz2IcTNRE

 

[Forujames]

I know it'll leaf out quickly, but that still looks very scary! Wonder if he will root all those
clippings and have a few hundred baby portu's?

 

[mat]

I know it'll leaf out quickly, but that still looks very scary! Wonder if he will root all those
clippings and have a few hundred baby portu's?

We should go check it out in a few weeks to see it budding out. The video makes me think that I should be more aggressive with the medium size port that I have.

 

[NewWorldBonsai]

Got to see that jade in person. It is really awesome. One of the few jades I've seen that really looks good and tree like. It looks better with foliage too, nice ramification

Thanks for sharing!

 

[Forujames]

Have you seen this one?

 

[MiteyF]

Got to see that jade in person. It is really awesome. One of the few jades I've seen that really looks good and tree like. It looks better with foliage too, nice ramification

Thanks for sharing!

Portulacarias make pretty nice bonsai IMHO, the small leaves fill in well. It's the Jades (Crassulas) that are much tougher to make look "right"