Bonsai plant/tree assistance required!

Howdy o7. Assistance required for sure

I inherited a Bonsai plant/tree today, it was unexpected and doesn't look like it's in great shape. There is some dying/dead leaves, droopy, looks a bit of a mess. Soil is dry as a bone. How can I help this little one out? I've put it in my window but UK December there isn't really such thing as sun, I also have some plain old tap water sat out in a jug at room temp to give. I don't have any food, I don't even know what food to give? 8| I can get tomato feed tomorrow, anything else would have to order online so as long as delivery is.

Any help appreciated

1 - What kind of plant is it? (ie maple ect)
2 - Most people give bonsai plants 20-20-20

It sounds like its going dormant for the winter. Cool spot with plenty of indirect sun very light feeding daily in the morning. Never know you might end up with a beautiful specimen tree. Good luck

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Would love to see a photo.

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Yes. Please take and upload some photos. One thing I've noticed that plants love B-1 Thrive.

Just loading the pic from my phone to comp now... It's not a good pic, auto flash/zoom function isn't the best in my dark, dark room.

Wow pic looks even worse on the screen Here you go guys

Edit : Pot is 5.5 L x 3.5 W x 2 D (Inches)

Don't look to bad, it looks like a boxwood or tea tree.

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It definitly looks better since I had some water and light, it's been in the window since I got it but we haven't had more than 10-15 mins direct sun in the last few days. Seems to be perking up nicely, i'll leave it til the new year then see what needs trimming. Boxwood or tea tree, i'll go take a look at some see if I can compare. Thanks!

Let me know what you find.

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Hey RAWise, I believe it is a sagaretia shrub. According to the interwebs it is widely used for creating bonsai. (wikipedia.. not the greatest)

Wow i was way off lol. Hope she survives and flourishes in your care. Would be a nice addition to a home.

TheRAWman

As do I, thanks again for your replies

You are very welcome.

TheRAWman

My guess is a ficus, can't tell for sure, but it doesn't like it has the same inflorescence as Sageratia, can't tell because the picture is a little small for me. S. theezans being one of the most common.

You would have to key it out to be sure. Ficus is the Moracea family aka fig.

Hi Abiqua o7 Thanks for the input. I don't know enough to identify the plant based on comparison pics from the interwebs, but a search through images to led me to a supermarket kinda thing which were selling 4 varieties of plant in colour coded pots. According to the website it would make the plant I have a Sagaretia shrub. That being said... the website could claim it anything i'd know no better. Wish I could find the damn link again..

Feed her lightly at first, they burn easy.

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Feed her lightly at first, they burn easy.

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Thankyou, any other advice you could give? With having so little sun this time of year, not that we get much sun ever here, would it be worth getting a light set up for her?

Take some better pictures, someone here will be able to identify it. It looks alright. I thought it kinda looked like a Fukien Tea Tree as well.