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6. Don't Prune Too Much at Once. Never prune more than 20% to 30% of the jade plant’s branches at one time. Removing too much of the plant can shock it and stunt its growth.
The jade plant is an evergreen with thick branches. It has thick, shiny, smooth leaves that grow in opposing pairs along the branches. Leaves are a rich jade green, although some may appear to be more of a yellow-green. Some varieties may develop a red tinge on the edges of leaves when exposed to high levels of sunlight.
Tree shaping (also known by several other alternative names) uses living trees and other woody plants as the medium to create structures and art. There are a few different methods [2] used by the various artists to shape their trees, which share a common heritage with other artistic horticultural and agricultural practices, such as pleaching, bonsai, espalier, and topiary, and employing some ...
Bonsai are carefully styled to maintain miniaturization, to suggest age, and to meet the artist's aesthetic goals. Tree styling also occurs in a larger scale in other practices like topiary and niwaki. In bonsai, however, the artist has close control over every feature of the tree, because it is small and (in its container) easily moved and ...
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Many of the techniques used to grow and shape outdoor bonsai apply equally to indoor bonsai. For example, shaping techniques like pruning, wiring, and grafting work much the same for both types of bonsai. But indoor bonsai also have some special requirements for cultivation and care. [citation needed] Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera)
Portulacaria afra (known as elephant bush, porkbush, purslane tree, dwarf jade and spekboom in Afrikaans) is a small-leaved succulent plant found in South Africa. These succulents commonly have a reddish stem and green leaves, but a variegated cultivar is often seen in cultivation. They are simple to care for and make easy houseplants for a ...
Dwarf jade, elephant food, elephant bush [10] Prunus cerasifera: Flowering Plum [11] Prunus serrulata: Japanese Flowering Cherry (櫻) Prunus mume: Flowering Apricot (梅) Pseudosasa: Bamboo Pseudotsuga menziesii: Douglas Fir Punica granatum, including Punica granatum 'Nana' Pomegranate [6]: 76–77 Pyracantha: Firethorn [12]