succulent bonsai

[Colin Walker]

I'm not sure you can bonsai an Adromischus so perhaps I shall have to find something else to put in this pot...

Hi Jim,

Looks great. I especially like the pot.

My Adromischus collection is down to about half a dozen very tatty pots, but they will be rejuvenated and the odd one, notably A. schuldtianus, given a decent pot. I've got two plants that sprawl over the edge of pots and look great in hanging pots. None of these are true bonsai, yet.

[Herts Mike]

Bonsai pots lend themselves really well for Stapeliads-



This is a plastic Bonsai "trainer" pot which is so much cheaper and still looks good -



Avonia papyraceae in a taller Bonsai pot-

[JaneO]

I'm going to get in quick to offer that Avonia a good home in case Colin decides to do likewise. It is absolutely gorgeous.
Jane

[Herts Mike]

He can ask all he wants Jane........

[Herts Mike]

I know Colin doesn't like blue but I think it works OK with this Crassula-



Anacampseros vanthielii

[Tina]

That's a lovely crassula and I like blue.

[Colin Walker]

I know Colin doesn't like blue but I think it works OK with this Crassula-

Anacampseros vanthielii

Hi Mike,

I know I said I don't do blue pots, but actually that works well for the Crassula. I'll let Jane have first pick of the Avonia.

[Lindsey]

Lovely plants, lovely pots! Congratulations to all growers

I buy my pots for bonsai-ing from charity shops

I keep forgetting to mention, that my understanding of the bonsai concept is a miniature tree (or other mature plant), in a shallow container, which has been trained by regular pruning etc. to look completely "to scale" so that the leaves are also miniaturized. (I believe this is achieved for deciduous trees each year by removing the naturally produced leaves, after which the bonsai tree has a second attempt with much smaller leaves, but I've not researched this).
Difficult to do this for succulent plants, I know, but again this is where an Adromischus or a small-leaved Crassula can look convincing to those not in the secret.

[ChrisR]

I'm not sure you can bonsai an Adromischus so perhaps I shall have to find something else to put in this pot...

Jim.....remove the lower leaves to expose the stems. It will look much better like that (IMO).

[Jim_Mercer]

I think this Portulacaria afra has the potential to be bonsaid so it will be getting a bit of a chop tomorrow as it will need to lose at least half of its roots to fit the pot I have found for it (same design as the adromischus is in but bigger). I hope that removing a lot of the stems may reveal something more like a tree...