Pruning My ‘Golden’ Dwarf Jade Bonsai (Aurea Portulacaria Afra)

I maintenance prune my golden dwarf jade bonsai. Aurea Portilacaria Afra a fantastic variety with leaves that start as bright yellow which look like flowers, turning to lime green, and finally a darker green.
These trees are also known as Portulacaria Afra, Elephant Bush, and Spekboom.
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[@bonsaisn]

Your dwarf jade plant is very beautiful, thank you for sharing

[@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom]

Thanks for visiting! These plants do make great shohin and make bonsai.

[@auwminbonsai]

I love this channel

[@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom]

Thanks so much for watching and the great feedback on my channel!! 😀

[@dkstott29]

Beautiful tree. Never heard of this variety. ❤❤

[@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom]

Thanks for watching Dave! It’s a cool variety for sure. 👍

[@tc0xdeadbeef]

Love this channel, and great to see content from Seattle!

[@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom]

Glad you enjoy it! And thanks so much for watching!!! I ❤️ Seattle, great weather for bonsai. ❤️🌲

[@peterbatyi1844]

Beautiful tree! I love tis plant! Namaste 🕉🕉🕉

[@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom]

Thank you!! It’s an all around great plant for bonsai. Thanks for watching!! ❤️🌲

[@OrcadianValour]

Beautiful tree

[@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom]

Thanks so much for watching!! 🌳

[@nataliearonson5669]

Have you considered cutting off the bottom branches and making more into a classic shape?

[@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom]

Great suggestion!! I am still growing this out, so anything is on the table. It is thickening up nicely with all the foliage, so I will probably do that for another year or so and then look at moving it forward. Thanks for watching! 😀

[@michaelmason4206]

Love them, PAs skews me

[@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom]

Agreed! Such amazing trees to work with as bonsai or even potted plants. Thanks for watching the channel!!! ❤️🌲

[@nickw8665]

What do you use for pest control on your ports?

[@CoffeeandBonsaiwithTom]

Indoors, I most often use 70% isopropyl alcohol and just keep hitting it with that until they are gone. Outdoors I’ll either use alcohol or just spray the tree with a jet of water which usually moves them on.
Outdoors the birds, etc pretty much keep them pest free. I generally only have mealies indoors in the unheated area that I need to watch for and a few aphids that always seem to sneak in on the trees in the fall. Occasionally spider mites. Again, just the 70% alcohol makes pretty short work of them. Check out my channel I have a video on how I do it.
Thanks for watching! 😀