AusBonsai

I have been working on this mini jade for approx four years.
Dug it up as a mature shrub urban yamadori style. hacked it back to find the makings of a nice tree.

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Current day.needs a haircut will post some images after

This is awesome. I just got one of these, but it will be a long time before it looks this nice, and it will probably never be that big! Very nicely done.

Portulacaria afra have to be one of the easiest plants to bonsai.
I have found once you establish them in a pot treat them as a tropical lots of water heavy feed and put them in a humid place greenhouse if you have one.
I think most people treat them as a Cactus/succulent which they don't mind and survive that treatment but will never flourish and put on good growth.

After a hair cut.

Current back (better light in this shot.)

Update in need of a haircut again. Looking for a new pot for this one anyone got any ideas? Was thinking of an oval blue glazed pot.

Here is a new one I picked up recently looks kinda like squid like creature out of aliens that sucks on people's faces.
Lots of work to do but should be interesting

Going to be good to see this develop.. they are really nice trees.

Did you get a new pot for the original one?

Ken

Thanks ken.
I have yet to find a pot for the upright tree. Thinking of joining a pottery class and try to create some thing close to what I envisage.

Jac.

Great movement, that should make for a very nice tree in short order. Please keep us updated as you work with it.

Thanks lackhand
I'm going to pop it into a green house to accelerate its growth in the humid conditions. Hopefully will be able to show some progression by the end of summer
Jac.

Can I defoliate a mini jade to force smaller leaf growth?

JRC I think if you prune hard and keep pinching the leaves will reduce quite well - you won't need to defoliate.

Gavin