Schefflera Bonsai: Species Care and Styling

Schefflera arboricola is a common species used for bonsai and an easy-to-find tropical variety in your common grocery store garden section or local nursery. They are often called money trees or dwarf hawaiian umbrella trees, with a helicopter-style propeller perched on top. They can range from banyan trees, single trunk trees, forests, or even a collection of aerial routes that form together and produce one crown.
David Cutchin-a renowned tropical bonsai expert and practitioner, guides us through an introduction to the Schefflera species with a multi-trunk styling. In this video learn the basic care tips for your Hawaiian umbrella bonsai as well as how to style your schefflera.

[@TheBonsaiZone]

Love the trees and the species, great video David!!

[@coronnation8854]

Nice to see another of my favorite bonsai artists here!

[@TheBonsaiZone]

No, mine is much smaller!@@AnAnonymous-rr2sd

[@meegssan5716]

such a simple plan, yet i learned so much

[@meegssan5716]

i left my scefflera in a pot for 15 years, went to college came back. after a trim and repot I look like a bonsai master

[@Bonsaifly]

I am loving David‘s input on tropicals. He goes much less hard on his tropicals than other professionals you see. I’ll try this with my tropicals too

[@tysteyn6885]

Loving the tropical series.

[@mattbrennan647]

Excellent information and tutorial. Love that species. Thanks, keep growing

[@sharkhaywood]

Thanks for the great information. I have a couple of schefflera bonsai that I have in my office under grow lights.

[@bigtomatoplantslover6205]

Wow Wonderful Bonsai ^^ Thank you for good sharing~ Like 391 My friend, have a good day

[@a.k.h.channel]

Amazing bonsai, inspirasi bonsai thank you for sharing mr

[@TheNewMediaoftheDawn]

That first one was awesome!

[@chrisbrayley6271]

Get very excited about the information, David break it down into ABC.

[@cristiang4541]

This video made me want to purchase a specimen that I kept seeing at the nursery that I visit. Quick question: After the trim, how long to wait until it can be placed in a bonsai pot? Should I wait for it to recover first or will it be ok to do it all at once?

[@stephenkacer7261]

Very nice.. thank you..

[@jonasboyd8342]

I live in Ocala and am getting ready to transfer a three stem house plant schefflera into bonsai and I'm super nervous!

[@PlantObsessed]

Wow that is awesome

[@124ziggy]

Awesome, Love This!

[@kevinwilkes5969]

Could I ask, how many plants are in that pot?

[@Scott-ho1sm]

pink wax scale can be an issue here in Sydney, usually on stressed trees. at least in my experience

[@Ollieslife101]

How many original trees do you think is in this planting.?

[@bonsai_life_style]

yep same like ficus Burkei is not sun lover

[@gregnelson6065]

making up words like petiole and not telling us what it means. Sad.

[@BonsaiMirai]

I'm not sure if you're just joking but the petiole is the stalk that connects the leaf itself to a stem or a branch. :)

[@chrism7574]

Googling it gives you an answer and a figure in less than 2 seconds. Laziness is sad.