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72 Top trees: Seasonal beauties

Sageretia

Sageretia thea

With its clusters of white flowers followed by small blue
fruit, this lovely evergreen tree is a frequent choice for
indoor bonsai in places with a more temperate climate. It is
a vigorously growing tree, so do not be afraid to prune it to
shape all through the year using directional pruning. It will
reward you by producing a large number of fine side
branches and will even send out buds from the old wood. 25in / 63cm tall
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Pruning to shape
The tiny leaves are will give a mature,
almost bronze when flattish canopy
they first appear
Looking closer
Top and bottom: The
multicolored branching trunk
is a key attribute. The trunk of
this specimen has attractive
hollows and calluses.
Center: The dainty oval leaves
are shiny and attractively
veined. They are carried on the
tree’s mass of fine branches.

Branches tend to be
Clean and preserve rather thin with many
the soft deadwood fine secondary and
to keep it from rotting tertiary branches
Key features
∙It may be slow to thicken
up but regular pruning
The mature
trunk is readily encourages plenty
multicolored of fine branching.
∙Keep it out of frost and, if
you are growing it indoors,
away from direct heat. This
is a tree that likes it not too
hot and not too cold, but
thrives in plenty of sunlight
and humidity.