California Pepper Tree Bonsai

Pepper tree schinus molle also called california pepper tree peruvian pepper tree or peruvian mastic ornamental tree of the cashew family anacardiaceae native to dry south america and cultivated in warm regions.

California pepper tree bonsai. The pepper tree is a most unusual indoor bonsai. Susceptible to texas root rot. Use grow lights up to 12 hours per day. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 11.

A recent introduction it is easy to keep although it does shed its leaves in winter. The california pepper tree schinus molle is a shade tree with pretty somewhat pendulous branches and an attractive exfoliating trunk. The plant is found growing in abandoned fields dry forests along the banks of waterways and rivers and slopes. Its feathery foliage and bright pink berries make this a fine ornamental for water sparing gardens in u s.

Houseplants should be placed in an east south or west window with filtered sunlight. Bonsai california pepper tree peppercorn tree bonsai summer pruning june 26 2019. California pepper tree is a small to medium sized branched evergreen dioecious trees that grows about 15 meters 50 feet tall and 5 10 meters 16 33 feet wide with slender pendant drooping branches forming a spreading crown. It must be protected from temperatures below 10 c 50 f.

Their weeping branches are so elegant. Few of them have hollow trunks. The leaves are aromatic deep glossy green in the summer and turns to gold in the autumn. California pepper tree schinus molle buds back on old wood.

I always love to look at california pepper trees since there are a lot of them in my area. Chinese pepper xanthoxylum piperitum care guide for the chinese pepper bonsai tree. It is the actual species that is used for producing schechwan pepper corns. Because your tree has the trunk which is too straight for california pepper you may have to plant it in slanting position a little bit and create the hollow trunk later on.

The chinese pepper is a subtropical tree with small paripinnate leaves which is very common as indoor bonsai. Mă kè bonsai 25 394 views. The chinese pepper which is also called sichuan pepper grows in many parts of asia and is especially common in the himalaya japan and korea. Bonsai trees for beginners duration.

Foliage can cause dermatitis. The schinus molle commonly known as the california pepper tree or peruvian pepper tree thrives in the warm climates of states such as california hawaii texas and florida flourishing in. Its piquant fruits often called pink peppercorns are sometimes used in beverages and medicines because of their hot taste and aroma though the plant is unrelated to true black pepper piper nigrum the fruits of which are ground into a widely used spice.