Lets see those...Jades!

Bonsaifreak

How can U dare to insult the bonsai gods Blasphemy!!!!


Kidding...here's mine

Jorge

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malhaku

Those are some nice trees. I personally do not understand why jades are debated as "bonsai material." It's a tree grown in a container... hence bonsai. Now whether you don't like them or not is up to you.

Newt1, I was looking at your blog and I really like the jades you have posted on there.

I don't have a jade, but I'm thinking of picking one up myself for some fun.

Oh, one more thing, when the leaves are small on a jade like in these bonsai pictures, it's almost like the surfaces of the leaves look like surfaces in computer generated graphics. Is that just me, or do others see the Pixar-ness as well?

Bonsaifreak

The question of using jades and suculents seems to generate some heat, particularly among "purists" (whatever that term means). I am with you, they do achieve the illusion of a small tree in a container. They are also very tolerant and easy to care for. Jades are my choice whenever I want to give a bonsai as a gift to any friend who is still affraid of trying to care for a plant.

The "pixar" effect of the leaves has to do with the fact they are fleshy and suculent.
They are not conifers but conifers are not my cup of tea anyway


Jorge

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chrispr

OK I got one. It is about 16 years old, my wifes Grandmother gave it to me and it was a hell of a mess. It has had a haircut and will now be allowed to grow for a year before anything else gets done:

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andymcw110

Here's one from Perth Australia that lives on my front veranda and gets the afternoon sun, been there for 5 years, it's been in this 600mm oval mica pot for 15 years. I'd estimate the tree to be around 20 years old.

The tree is about 1 meter across x 650mm high and the trunk is 150mm across.

Cheers

Andy

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BarbaraM

Newt, Those pots are an excellent choice. Did you make them?


Andy, Killer Jade Dude

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BunjinEnt

Some good stuff out there. Thanks for posting.
See, I knew you all had it in you...

Keep 'em coming.

Now here are some of mine.

First is a variegated jade that I am about to repot and style. It looks like someone put the varigated top on different root stock. I can't imagine why anyone would want to do that with a jade, but you can plainly see the the "sucker" branch coming out of the lower trunk looks like the more common variety. It's about 18" from top of pot.

The next two are P. Afras with one year's growth from cuttings from our very own nsmar4211. I must have a half dozen or so of these monsters. I want to get them HUGE before I style them. The upright one is about 24" tall. The more prostate one has about 28" spread.

I also have two or three dozen or so cuttings that were started last year (also from Suze) that are much smaller because I planted them in a tray. I potted them up last weekend.

-Wm

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idowatsu

so I have struggled with this for years with infestations. it's a good 22" at least At the moment it's looking awful, I moved it outside and broke about 4" off all the tips (lots of starts) the leaves are in the process of falling off they got sun burned. So I moved it back in by the pool. need to find an outside home for it . I have 2 more monsters but no pics at this time.indoor pic 2006

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ozzy

I sure would like to see a decent photo of that Jade in #15