DIY Succulent Bonsai

In my new video you’ll see succulent bonsai expert Anthony Neubauer prune roots and branches of a ‘Cork Bark’ portulacaria and stage it in an art pot. I use the term “succulent bonsai” loosely for potted succulents that suggest traditional bonsai, i.e. “the art of growing ornamental, artificially dwarfed trees or shrubs” (Webster’s). Award-winning caudiciform…

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How Succulents Combat Global Warming

Portulacaria afra in ground (c) Debra Lee Baldwin

When you grow succulents in your garden, you’re helping combat global warming.  The plants are especially efficient at scrubbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.  It has to do with

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