Ficus nerifolia or ficus sikkimensis

Once I wrote about a ficus with narrow leaves, ficus nerifolia. I got a cutting of the species from a bonsai friend, and tried to root it. "I have had luck with many species before" I said, and was confident. For example I once rooted a podocarpus, which is a conifer and should therefore be difficult to root. OK. But this ficus I did not have success with, it just withered. Instead my friend proved to be a better gardener than me and had success (but she says it took long time) - and rooted a new cutting that she gave to me! This plant is still very small and thin. Now suddenly it has got these interesting small flowers or fruits! They are just a few millimeters in size, and look like small lemons. Interesting to see what will become of them!

This species is difficult to get to buy in Sweden. My friend bought her plant from Beck Bonsai, Germany.
They call it ficus sikkimensis. I don't know if there is a difference, but I am happy as long as it is a ficus with narrow leaves.

(The podocarpus died later, but I promise it had a lot of roots when it died. I think it died from bad care from its owner. Me that is.)

Bonsaimöte

This year's first meeting with the local bonsai club. (We were supposed to meet last month, but cancelled that meeting because of the cold weather.) I worked with some of my zelkovas. As you can see the leaves are coming out and I have to repot it!

Koncentration!  Årets första möte med bonsaisällskapet. Vi skulle ha träffats i början av februari också men ställde in den träffen pga det kalla vädret.

Jag klippte lite på mina zelkovor, som har slagit ut så här mycket.(ovan)

A cutting that I got from a bonsai-friend and brought home from the meeting: it is a ficus nerifolia. I have heard that it is very difficult to grow from cuttings, but we will see. I have had luck with many different species before!

Fick med mig hem en stickling av fikus nerifolia, som jag önskat mig länge. Får se om den är så svår att rota som jag har hört.

 I had some questions about my judas tree (cercis siliquastrum) so I took a picture to show you what it looks like. I have read that it is possible to grow in the garden in the south of Sweden, but I keep my tree in the garage in the winter, outside in the summer and indoors (in the house) in the spring. This one is also waiting to be repotted.

Eftersom jag fick några frågor om mitt judasträd (cercis siliquastrum) tog jag en bild av det också. Så här ser det ut för tillfället. Potensai kallar jag den än så länge! 

Bladen håller på och slår ut. Jag ska plantera om den nu snarast. (Liksom alla de andra växterna också!) Jag brukar klippa den i samband med omplanteringen. Jag läste att man kan ha judasträd som trädgårdsväxt i de sydligast delarna av Sverige, men jag har det alltså som ett halv-härdigt träd: sommartid står det utomhus, vintern i garaget med fällda blad, och hela våren står det inne.