How to make bonsai with Shaving Brush Tree

Creating a bonsai from a Shaving Brush Tree Pseudobombax ellipticum is a fun and rewarding project. This unusual plant, with its fat trunk and wild, pom-pom-like flowers, makes one of the most eye-catching bonsai you can grow. It's not your typical bonsai tree - it's a conversation piece that looks like something from a fantasy world! With a little patience, it becomes a living sculpture that blooms with flair.

Start with young plant with a fat trunk (caudex) and interesting shape.

Use shallow pot with fast-draining cactus mix.

Prune branches to create structure and shape.

Trim roots gently when repotting every 2-3 years.

Water well during growing season, keep almost dry in winter.

Give full sun to keep compact and encourage blooms.

Fertilize lightly: with slow release plant food in spring-summer or year around with liquid fertilizer like Sunshine Boosters.

Be patient - bonsai is a slow grower but worth it for the amazing flowers.

🛒 Start your own Shaving Brush Bonsai

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Why is it called Shaving Brush?

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🌳 Five best fruit trees to plant in Summer

☀️ Summer might be scorching, but it’s actually a great time to plant fruit trees that love the heat. If you've got sunshine and a little space, these five tropical picks will reward you with fresh, homegrown fruit - some you’ll never find in a store!

1.🥭 Mango - the King of all fruit, a must have in every garden. Fiberlress varieties only! You can't buy those in the store.

2. Avocado - a must have super-fruit in everyone's diet, grow your own!

3.🐲 Dragon fruit - heat tolerant easy plant with low water needs, sweet fruit-bearing cactus

4. 🍉 Guava - by far the most flavorful tropical fruit, great for Summer drinks

5. 🍐 Black Sapote - fast growing, heat- and flood-tolerant, fruit tastes like chocolate pudding

📚 Learn more from previous posts:
🟡10 best fruit trees to grow in Florida and Southern landscapes
🟡Top 10 fast-fruiting trees
🟡Top 10 fruit you'll ever need for your health benefits

🛒 Explore the finest rare tropical fruit trees

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🐶 Squeaky little things

Sweet Memories: our Labrador puppies - Wigglebutts - 2.5 years ago!

🐈📸 Sunshine, Draco, Lila and their brothers and sisters in December 2022 at Top Tropicals Bfarm PeopleCats.Garden. 

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➕ Lily’s fresh start: from bullied to beloved!

Remember Josephine's adorable kittens? You've met her famous son - dashing Philemon, now say hello to his sister, Lily - Lilimon!

Lily spent three happy years at our Ft Myers Garden Center, living the good life... until one day her siblings, brother Loki (aka Charlie Jr) and sister Sushi, decided to form a "no Lily allowed" club and started picking on her. Can you believe it? Sweet, gentle Lily - bullied!

But Lily’s no pushover. She packed her paws, waved her tail goodbye, and set off for our TopTropicals Bfarm in Sebring. And guess what? She's already mingling with the other #PeopleCats and making new friends. Now she’s settling in, and proving that fresh starts can come with purrs and sunshine.

Stay tuned - this story is just getting interesting!

🐈📸 Cat Lilimon at her new home at Top Tropicals Bfarm. 

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🐶 Breakfast of Champions

"Der Mensch ist, was er isst" - "Man is what he eats." - Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher, 1850

🐶📸 Sunshine and Mango, Top Tropicals Labradors, and their Papaya Tasting Table at Bfarm and PeopleCats.Garden. 

🛒 Explore Papaya varieties

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