The Surinam Cherry Bonsai Tree is a sub tropic oriental tree that can be grown in the Southern United States. Originating in Hong Kong and South China they can grow inside your home or they can flourish just as well outside. If you plan to place them inside your home they make fantastic conversation pieces and add elegance to any room.



It has dark green leaves (bronze or red depending on the season) and red bark that peels off in layers. It has a slender truck and the branches spread outward. As the tree matures it will produce red fruit which appears during the spring and summer.

The Surinam Cherry Bonsai Tree should be watered fully throughout the foliage with a spray bottle and the soil should be dried out before watering again. Never use regular tap water on your Surinam bonsai tree or any bonsai tree. Carbon filtered water systems do not get the water purified enough and it contains chlorine metals and minerals that may harm your Surinam over a period of time. You should use only distilled bottled drinking water or Reverse Osmosis purified water. It does best in full or moderate sunshine. It has a special type of fertilizer that can be ordered over the internet.

I have never seen a Surinam Bonsai Tree on the market younger than six years and pricing is based on the age of the tree; however, their beauty makes them worth any extra cost.

These trees take many years to train and prune. Bonsai trees are trained and trimmed to be pleasing from any angle one looks at it. The trees are trained by using wires to hold them in place while it continues to grow. Plants always grow upward toward the sky so after new foliage appears if it is in an undesirable spot it is usually cut off. Perhaps the owner of the tree wants to see just how the new foliage will grow before he decides to do anything he may even choose to leave the branch and just wire it in a different direction. Weights are used also in training a bonsai tree and by adding extra weights the owner can get a desired result once the tree grows a little more.

Bonsai plants need re-potting from time to time. This has to be done very carefully to make sure the plant does not die in the procedure. When the plant is taken out for transplanting a portion of the roots should be trimmed or cut, which helps reducing its size and then the re-potting should be done in a larger pot.

You now know that a Surinam Cherry Bonsai Tree must be created, cultivated and nurtured, much as you would care for a child. But all the effort is worth it, because this is an extraordinary plant that will repay you with its visual elegance.