Indoor Bonsai Plants
Bonsai Tree Plants for Beginners
If you live in an apartment and don’t have a sun deck or small patio an outdoor bonsai tree is out of the question. But you can still successfully grow and indoor bonsai plant and enjoy this hobby as a novice or beginner.
Bonsai plants that are grown indoors are ideal to give as a gift or for starting your bonsai collection if you are beginner. There are a couple of favorites that come to mind the, flowering peace lily bonsai, dracaena bonsai and the Sansevieria plant. Read more
Dwarf Fruit Trees
Fruit bearing bonsai trees, may dwarf the larger fruit trees in size, but not in beauty.
These dwarf or small fruit trees are perfect for growing in condo’s, small apartments with sun decks or for homes with small patio’s. dwarf fruit trees fit into your landscape very nicely without taking up a large space.
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Winter brings a nice twiggy skeletal outline punctuated by the fruit which persists throughout the winter. Flowering crabapples are one of the best flowering trees for bonsai. They produce beautiful +” white, fragrant flowers covering the entire tree in early spring before the leaves appear. Little green pomes (apples) appear in summer, derived from the enlargement of the entire flower receptacle which becomes fleshy. The fruit ripens to all different colors in the fall when the foliage begins to turn to shades of yellow, orange and red.
The favorite dwarf cherry tree is the surinam cherry.
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This Dwarf tree is a sub-tropical evergreen with dark green ovate leaves formed in pairs. Striking red exfoliating bark. In spring, may bear small white flowers which is followed by red edible fruit. Popular landscape tree in the southern part of the United States.
Something in more of an interesting small tree is the blueberry tree.
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Native to northern and alpine North America. Loaded with small white blooms in spring followed by sweet full size 1/2″ edible blueberries. It has a harvest season of one month starting in early August. Self pollinating. Only 18″ when fully grown.
Hawaiian umbrella bonsai tree
For an indoor ornamental tree these hawaiian umbrella bonsai trees are spectacular.
We feature two that are easy to grow and care for in any part of the country. Just remember that direct air conditioning blowing on a tree will harm it.
The first hawaiian umbrella tree that we have selected is grown over a red lava rock. If you are inexperienced with bonsai or you do not have a green thumb, this one is a very easy bonsai tree to care for and is a very beautiful trouble-free evergreen. If you don’t know which tree to purchase as a gift for someone, this is the tree to select. This versatile bonsai is a very nice ornamental tree for the home, office or dorm room, with low to high lighting conditions. The tree is planted in red lava rock in lieu of a pot. Very popular and easy to care for.
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The second Hawaiian umbrella bonsai tree has the roots growing over the rock but placed in a decorative pot. Price of this one is 69.95 and is on sale. This makes it a very striking indoor tree to display in your home.
On sale price 69.95 details here Supplies won’t last long as these are very popular.On sale price 69.95 details here Supplies won’t last long as these are very popular.
Suitable round humidity/drip tray is recommended if you buy either of these bonsai. Both of these trees feature tiny umbrella shaped leaves forming a dense green tree canopy. They also make nice ornamental plants for in your kitchen or a bathroom that gets natural light. Another favorite indoor tree that you should consider is the flowering brazilian raintree bonsai
Fukien Tea Tree
This bonsai tree is native to the Fujan province of China. It produces small white flowers that can bloom at any time. The foliage is dark green and rather small in size.
The flowers turn into red berries and then turn darker with age. The fukien tea tree is trained in a traditional curved trunk style. This flowering bonsai tea tree loves the heat and does well indoors. Just be careful it is not situated near an air conditioning vent. The tea tree pictured here is 9 years old and approximately 10″-12″ tall. The classification is an indoor flowering bonsai, grown and trained by Bonsai Boy, they also recommend that you purchase a humidity drip tray.
For other flowering bonsai or to purchase the fukien tea tree go here to our main page about indoor flowering bonsai trees.
