Elephant Bush (Portulacaria afra)

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Ulrich Manhattan Beach, CA(Zone 11) May 21, 2003

Common name: Elephant Bush
Family: Portulacaceae
Genus: Portulacaria
Species afra

Plant Link: http://plantsdatabase.com/go/350/

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) May 21, 2003

I have one exactly like this one. I was also looking for its name and now I have found it here. Mine is about ten years old. Slow grower. Does not ask for much attention - survives well and does well too!

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Ulrich Manhattan Beach, CA(Zone 11) May 22, 2003

This was growing somewhere in the yard when we bought the house in 1961. I potted it up and have not paid much attention to it. It is sitting on a bench on the patio among other plants. It gets very little sun.
Now I re-potted and trimmed it for bonsai (~:

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) May 22, 2003

The leaves of mine are not as broad as yours. Has somewhat darker green shade. I water mine once or twice a week. It is the one in the picture around the centre almost touching the trellis in this http://davesgarden.com/fp.php?pid=10978. I think you can make it out from this long-shot how small the leaves are.

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tiG Newnan, GA(Zone 8a) May 22, 2003

this is a nice looking bonsai!!

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Ulrich Manhattan Beach, CA(Zone 11) May 23, 2003

Thank you, tiG.
Dinu, the leaves on mine are larger and of a lighter shade because it gets very little sun.

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Dinu Mysore, India(Zone 10a) May 26, 2003

Managed a pic today. Here is mine. Bit closer shot.

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tiG Newnan, GA(Zone 8a) May 26, 2003

I love these, will have to try to locate one!

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