I’m quite impulsive but I admit that I panicked... Will my Duranta Bonsai live? In FL we get abundant sunshine throughout the year, and as an indoor tree the house temperature is in the 70s (F). I had a whitefly infestation that I noticed yesterday and identified this morning, I plucked out all...
Duranta erecta aurea, also known in South America as "pingo de ouro" (Golden dewdrop), is a ornamental Bush growing in many streets and parks in São Paulo, as its leaves are a very bright color of green and the leaves are very small.
Many people use them for bonsai.
This one below is around the...
Sorry for a title, but it's how it is.
I'll start with my oldest Chinese elm. Mallsai... couldn't find a way to use this ugly trunk.
So went ahead and did this this spring.
Last week these were ready to be separated. I love manual works!
... checking roots and potting.
And this is what...
I got a new Duranta last year which is now my second one. I thought I would track its progress here as well as show updates on my older one which many have seen before. The newer one is about twice as big and I believe has more potential as the smaller one. The first pic is when I bought it...
I have seen very few "Golden Dewdrop" bonsai online and none yet in person.
I found this bush next to a friend's driveway, it was getting shaded out and slowing growth. So two summers ago, it was raining for about 3 weeks and the soil was waterlogged. I touch the plant, realized it was loose...