Ideal for Beginner plant keepers or beyond.

Light Requirements: Bright Indirect Light is ideal, tolerant of lower light levels.

Moisture & Soil Requirements: Prefers evenly moist soil with good drainage in warm seasons - never soggy soil. Water when the container feels light or even when the top few centimetres of the soil is dry.

Growth & Nutrients: Grows into a small shrub, easily trained and shaped to suit. Popular bonsai & topiary species. Suits apartments or homes of any size. Feed with a general-purpose fertiliser for containers from the start of spring each year to autumn when growth slows down.

Temperature, Humidity & Ambient requirements: Prefers warm environments inside and adaptable for nearly any situation, tolerates a range of humidity levels. Can grow outdoors in frost-free parts of NZ.

Toxicity: Toxic to pets and people. Don't chomp down on this ever.