Surinam Cherry Bonsai Tree Care Tips

Originally from the sub tropics of South China and Hong Kong, the Surinam Cherry Bonsai Tree grows equally well inside or out. Used as an indoor plant they lend an elegant feel to any room and will be noticed by your friends and guests.

With its slender red trunk and spreading branches of leaves ranging in color from dark green to red, dependent on season, the mature tree produces a red fruit during the spring and summer.

The Surinam Cherry Bonsai Tree should be watered fully throughout the foliage with a spray bottle and the soil should be dried out before watering again. Never use regular tap water on your Surinam bonsai tree or any bonsai tree. Carbon filtered water systems do not get the water purified enough and it contains chlorine metals and minerals that may harm your Surinam over a period of time. You should use only distilled bottled drinking water or Reverse Osmosis purified water. It does best in full or moderate sunshine. It has a special type of fertilizer that can be ordered over the internet.

I have never seen a Surinam Bonsai Tree on the market younger than six years and pricing is based on the age of the tree; however, their beauty makes them worth any extra cost.

These trees take many years to train and prune. Bonsai trees are trained and trimmed to be pleasing from any angle one looks at it. The trees are trained by using wires to hold them in place while it continues to grow. Plants always grow upward toward the sky so after new foliage appears if it is in an undesirable spot it is usually cut off. Perhaps the owner of the tree wants to see just how the new foliage will grow before he decides to do anything he may even choose to leave the branch and just wire it in a different direction. Weights are used also in training a bonsai tree and by adding extra weights the owner can get a desired result once the tree grows a little more.

It is very common for a plant to find itself root bound in its container. In order for its survival, the plant must be transplanted into a larger container. The owner will have to carefully go through several steps to complete this process. The first step in this process is taking the plant out of its container. Once the plant has been taken out, the roots have to be trimmed away from the trunk in order to reduce its size. Finally, the owner must place the plant into a larger container of his or her choosing. The process of transplanting the bonsai tree is a must for its survival.

I sincerely hope that I have enlightened you about the Surinam Cherry Bonsai Tree and special care and work that is involved in the process of creating one. All the work that goes into the creation is what makes the plant so special. It is as if it was a child and you were helping it develop into maturity.