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Description

Bring the art of nature into your home with a Straight Trunk Bonsai Tree, an easy-care indoor plant supplied ready to display in a decorative 15cm ceramic pot. Each bonsai is carefully grown and trained with a straight trunk, making it a striking choice for desks, living rooms or conservatories.

You will receive one bonsai from a selection of three proven varieties: Zelkova, often known as Japanese Elm, Carmona, known as the Fukien Tea Tree, or Ficus retusa. All are well suited to UK homes, offering lush foliage, elegant structure and manageable growth that makes them ideal even for beginners.

This compact tree is a wonderful way to start enjoying bonsai. Simply place it in bright, indirect light and water when the surface of the compost begins to dry. Over time, it can be gently pruned to maintain its shape, though it asks for very little fuss.

The ceramic pot adds a smart, stylish finish that sits beautifully in modern interiors. It also makes a thoughtful gift for birthdays, housewarmings or simply for anyone who would enjoy a little more greenery indoors.

Supplied as an established plant in a 15cm pot, ready to display. Please note, the exact variety received cannot be guaranteed.

Top Tips

These Bonsai prefer a fairly cool room when growing indoors.

Care Information

Watering your Bonsai:

Because it is restricted in a small pot, your bonsai will need checking morning and evening to see if it needs watering.
Keep your bonsai on its tray. This will catch the water draining through the holes in the bottom of the pot and will create some humidity around your bonsai, especially useful if you have central heating on.
However, don't let your bonsai sit in water as this can damage its roots.

Where to put your Bonsai:

During winter place your bonsai in the brightest place possible, avoiding artificial heat such as radiators.
If placing your bonsai on a windowsill, keep it out of direct sunlight as they prefer cooler rooms.
During the summer, your bonsai will enjoy a spell outside, just remember to keep it in a bright, sheltered position.

Feeding your Bonsai:

We always recommend feeding your bonsai with a specialist fertiliser - ordinary plant foods can be too strong for the bonsai and may scorch the roots. Feed once a week to once a fortnight during the spring, summer and autumn.
Reduce the feeding to approximately once a month in mid-winter when it is barely growing.

How to Prune Your Bonsai:

Once new shoots have grown to about 2-3cm, using a sharp pair of bonsai scissors carefully cut back to the first pair of new leaves.
Your bonsai has individual branches and you should prune to maintain the gaps between them.
Prune regularly to maintain the shape - start as soon as you get your tree.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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