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I currently have a parrot's beak which is doing quite well. I'm looking to get another tree and was wondering what you all might recommend. I am still new at bonsai despite having my current tree for three years. I would like a tree that will do well indoors year-round (don't have a place to put it outside) and would be in a window facing SE. I am in Washington, DC. I'd be interested to hear what type of tree would work well in this environment. Thank you!

Hi there,

I think ficus would be the most realistic species to look into.
And of course, species like Brazilian raintree, Jabuticaba are an otion but they will need supplemental light.

Some people are succesfull in growing chinese elm indoors long-term

Not one tree will do well for a long no time inside- there is no such thing as an indoor tree. There are hundreds of posts here of people asking for help for their dying " inside" tree. So , my advice is stay away from so-called indoor trees.

Few trees do well inside, but that is mostly because people don't understand how to care for them, and because the indoor environments aren't very good for them. The biggest problem I have with the few surviving trees that come inside for the winter is bugs. Spider mites, white flies, aphids, you name it. You can fight all of these, but you have to inspect the tree every couple of days and kill every single bug. Sometimes chemicals, sometimes by hand, maybe isolate the pot from insects so they can't crawl up, whatever. Spider mites can suck the tree lifeless in an amazingly short time.
Another problem is humidity. In colder climates the humidity indoors can be pretty low, and most tropicals want pretty high. There is very little do do about this. Humidity trays will raise the humidity until the central heat blower comes on.
Another problem is watering. Water until the water flows freely from the pot, which means it fills up the saucer underneath and pours out on the floor or whatever is under the pot. Of course, you can carry the pot to the sink or the bathtub, water, let it drain, and carry it back. This gets tedious after a week.
Be ready to handle the problems.I have lost a lot of "indoor" trees, but the survivors do OK. There is a 21 year old ficus, a 10 year old jaboticaba, and an 8 year old baobab.

Ivan, can you share your jabuticaba?

leatherback wrote: Ivan, can you share your jabuticaba?

Maybe tomorrow. It's pouring down rain, the tree is outside, and I'm inside.

Rain stopped and humidity shot up. It must be July.

I cut it back on several long branches hoping to get some back budding and ramification, but nothing happened. After a couple of months it shot out some long branches, just like what I pruned. I got it for the bark, and it looks like that us what I will have.

You do not get backbudding on yours?

I am a new JBT owner but get to rub off buds on the trunk all the time. Hm.

I've had my tree indoors for three years and it is thriving. I don't know if that counts for a long time, but for now it seems ok.

leatherback wrote: You do not get backbudding on yours?

I am a new JBT owner but get to rub off buds on the trunk all the time. Hm.

No back budding, and none of the little fruits coming off of the trunk that are supposed to be there. I wonder if JBT is a sexual plant and I have the wrong sex for the fruits, or maybe it isn't a JBT. I have been very tentative on cutting it back since I can never figure out when its burst of new growth season is. The other trees make it very plain when new growth is about to happen.