Wed, 03 Oct 2007
Tree in a Pot: Part Two
It has been almost two years since I bought my first bonsai tree. It was Serissa foetida ("A Tree of a Thousand Stars"). Looking back at this time I am quite surprised that I am still as interested in bonsai as I was two years ago.
![serissa 2007](/~kas/blog/serissa-2007.jpg)
As you can see, my Serissa is still alive :-). It has grown up a bit, so I have decided to grow another level of branches - I have removed most of the apic, keeping only two main branches of the original apic, and another one which I plan to use as a new apic.
![serissa flower](/~kas/blog/serissa-flower.jpg)
The tree has grown many flowers in the last month or so (probably in response to heavier pruning in the apic).
Serissa is not hard to maintain, but it requires a lot of time - without monthly (or tri-weekly) backpruning the apical growth makes the tree proportions out of balance, and (even though I keep my Serissa near the southern window) leafs get more than twice as big on the unpruned twigs than on the backpruned ones.