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title: "Bonsai Matters"
description: "All about Bonsai"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw"
language: "en"
modified: "2023-07-21T14:13:57.567Z"
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[Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md)

# Bonsai Matters

In this group we share techniques, ideas for styling your trees and anything bonsai. Welcome to the Planta bonsai zone.

House plants. 6271 members, 314 posts

## Posts

- [Last post. Attempting to create a bonsai from a spider plant.](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/Q02Pu1aiN1l95inEAsZTFm.md) (by Debbie, 2025-10-08, 5 comments)
- [Attempting to propogate from bonsai tree](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/PJW8brEwHRdD7xhyQ6GTQa.md) (by Debbie, 2025-10-08, 0 comments)
- [My first 💕](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/Cox1A9DOpMx66deAzCLfTG.md) (by Debbie, 2025-10-08, 2 comments)
- [This is The Doctor. Grown from seed and in a homemade bonsai pot. Can’t wait to see this tree in its full beauty once…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/yR2GIgHs5gAvdREaav4CuR.md) (by iBenchbuses, 2025-10-08, 11 comments)
- [Bit of PSA This group is low key dead we’re getting like 4 posts a week. So it definitely needs a new breath of life…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/xqpN6pTMN7ywAD7nvuMMBW.md) (by Just a guy, 2025-10-08, 4 comments)
- [Update on GINNY, my ginseng ficus.... We are now bff ❤️❤️❤️](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/OVc2wiqfSnyNDUQorgNjsS.md) (by PrettyLittleThings, 2025-10-05, 8 comments)
- [Where would be the best place to prune this branch, considering the very few leaves on the left half vs the more full…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/VKLBapdqQ30OPokRZcKzbV.md) (by BrianDaWheelman, 2025-10-05, 1 comment)
- [A friend gifted me this Ginseng Ficus. She said it is a bonsai. I believe it’s a little above my plant parent skill…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/ZTbTxBxAAIBpb3H4tkoh4H.md) (by Dax, 2025-10-05, 5 comments)
- [I have a small PA that I purchased a few moths ago. It has two thick branches that come off the main trunk as you see…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/7yRJ2G3siy0WG5zFDE6VKz.md) (by BrianDaWheelman, 2025-10-04, 2 comments)
- [Lightly pruned](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/fkb1RZMITz12sJ0ENF5Lbr.md) (by Just a guy, 2025-10-03, 0 comments)
- [I’m trying to grow this Portulacaria Afra cutting but in the last couple days it doesn’t seem to be doing well. I water…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/J73zt8nr7YwHL7m7VrNVjv.md) (by BrianDaWheelman, 2025-10-02, 3 comments)
- [Hey so I got my first ever plant for my bday a little bonsi is where it is okay and it is a elm one if anyone has any…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/hxDWGNKX0xEHsqVgK1wSdV.md) (by Liam Dunne, 2025-09-29, 2 comments)
- [I keep my PA indoors at a south facing window and it gets several hours of sunlight per day. I’ve read that it would do…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/4JSPPoR7GLFwEhsq9OgnKz.md) (by BrianDaWheelman, 2025-09-28, 0 comments)
- [Just re styled my 12 yr old Cascade Juniper, repot in Feb 2026… very happy with results! Hope you all like it…I’m about…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/6iHtnZmWNKQEQEI9Gd8ZyT.md) (by Cottage Kicker, 2025-09-27, 2 comments)
- [My very young Portulacaria Afra looks to be developing some exposed roots. I know that’s desirable for some, as a…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/oBBe6yYuivQ5xlPYtB4u9E.md) (by BrianDaWheelman, 2025-09-23, 2 comments)
- [Compact Jade Plant ready for spring.](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/QWuB6r0XTMIOkNHxrHGPMD.md) (by Lachlan, 2025-09-13, 0 comments)
- [Finally regrown its leaves!](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/hr4lz61OGo5MgSZ6jhNHsT.md) (by Jai, 2025-09-12, 0 comments)
- [First trim.](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/yVCYhF3pZWYDdaraYg3Xyf.md) (by Le, 2025-09-08, 2 comments)
- [I took some cuttings today and tried my hand at propagation for the first time!](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/7QKIJH9MCNuaFdLPwd7HYM.md) (by BrianDaWheelman, 2025-09-08, 16 comments)
- [What is happening in this area of my Portulacaria Afra?](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/TD4cEntMNrbQk1d9mKOEyR.md) (by BrianDaWheelman, 2025-09-07, 5 comments)

[Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw.md?cursor=GLCl6jIcYxhQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQAFEnfSbgjgGA)

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