Meet Matilda.  She’s a dwarf jade plant (Portulacaria afra)—also known as elephant bush—and my first effort at bonsai.  I’ve admired bonsai for years, but never attempted it.  Oh, years ago I impulse-purchased a bonsai tree at a big box store.  I can’t say whether it was my own inexperience or mishandling of the plant by … Continue reading Look!  It’s a Tiny Tree!