I have three of them in my yard. They are not very frost freindly and they do get leggy. These would not make very suitable specimans for bonsai. The leaves do not reduce well unless they are weak, and who wants a stressed tree? The pink one in the picture is a "tree" that I layered off of a larger tree. The tree as you see it is about 4 feet tall. It is in a rather weak state now because the roots were rather fleshy when I severed it from the mother plant. It is blooming and seems to be doing ok, but not thriving yet like my other two. The maroon one is a stock plant, not hybridized and very nice and the yellow one is on varigated foliage and rather rare. I have never seen it before as I got this one from Don Kliem and Hendersons nursery some years ago.
They do make marvelous yard trees and I would have more if I could, but I'm running out of room
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I bought one of these because it was gorgeous and I believe in spending money at home show booths run by chicks who farm worms.
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I believe in buying anything from chicks that farm anything!