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Native to St. Croix, Trinidad and Curacao, the natural form of the Barbados Cherry is Pendulous with weeping twigs and branches. It has a weeping growth habit if the branches are allowed to elongate.

The flowers are rose-pink, often several together in a cyme. Its fruit is small and edible. The round edible fruits are borne singly or in 2s or 3s and are bright red with glossy skin. The fruit is very juicy and extremely high in ascorbic acid.

When we think of a traditional bonsai and what it should look like we think of a Juniper procumbens. They are hardy and long-lived and tolerate many adverse conditions.

We grow the Juniper in lava-rock (pumice stone) by boring a hole in the rock and sawing flat the bottom of the stone. Since the lava-rock is pourous the rock serves the same purpose as the bonsai pot.