A Detailed Explanation of the Growth Habits of the Golden Bullet (Diospyros armata) Bonsai

Golden BulletIt is tolerant of low temperatures, but its activity requires a high accumulated temperature. Its suitable growth period each year is from April to November, within a temperature range of 28-33°C. The Golden Bullet grows slowly, and once it has taken shape it easily maintains the proportions of the tree form without becoming misshapen.

Because the Golden Bullet is female,In our local area, the Golden Bullet tree is a kind of prosperity tree, symbolizing wealth and honor.This tree is approximately 150 years old, with a peculiar and beautiful tree form. Its fruit can be seen in three of the four seasons, and especially in autumn and winter the golden-yellow fruit is extremely eye-catching. This tree is very suitable for planting and viewing in villas, courtyards, the compounds of state organs/large company departments, and other such places!

The Golden Bullet is distributed and cultivated in East China, South China, and Central Chinain China. Those marketed and exhibited are mainly Golden Bullets from Sichuan and Hubei, but the Golden Bullets from the two places differ: Sichuan's Golden Bullets have small leaves and abundant fruit, and as long as the cultivation age is reached, even very small stumps (small and miniature bonsai) can bear fruit in a pot.

Hubei's Golden Bullets are divided into three types: large-leaf, medium-leaf, and small-leaf. Large-leaf bears small fruit, medium-leaf bears large fruit, and small-leaf bears medium fruit. Some small stumps, even after many years of cultivation, rarely bloom and bear fruit.The most notable characteristic of Hubei's Golden Bullets is that they do not shed their leaves in winter. Every year from New Year's Day to the Spring Festival period, the fruiting Golden Bullets turn from green to red among the green leaves, with red and green setting each other off, iron-hard trunks and gnarled branches, full of vitality.