Banyan-Style Hawaiian Umbrella (Schefflera) – Years in the Making, 12–16” in 10” Pot

Banyan-Style Hawaiian Umbrella – Years in the Making

If you’ve ever tried to build a true banyan-style Hawaiian Umbrella, you already know the secret: you can’t rush it.

These were always grown for bonsai, but we intentionally let them grow out over time for one reason: to thicken the trunks and encourage the roots to start doing that incredible banyan thing… intertwining, gripping, and fusing into a single, powerful base. That look doesn’t happen in a season. It’s a long journey.

Over the years, we’ve done the cycle every bonsai grower learns to respect: let it run → cut it back → let it run again → cut it back again.

Now they’ve been brought down into 10" pots, and each tree is roughly 12"–16" tall, flushing strongly in the Florida weather and ready for the next stage: refinement, ramification, and moving into a ceramic pot when you’re ready.

• Built for banyan: Intertwined roots and multi-trunk character you can’t fake overnight
• Trunks thickened on purpose: Grown out for presence, then reduced over time
• Prime training size: Not a tiny starter, not an unmanageable beast - a sweet spot for bonsai development
• Actively flushing: Strong momentum in current Florida growing conditions

Details

• Tree type: Hawaiian Umbrella (Schefflera)
• Style: Banyan / multi-trunk
• Pot size: 10" grow pot
• Approx. height: 12"–16" tall
• Ships from: Florida
• Photographed: January 13, 2026

Please note: We have several available and each tree is different (as it should be). We will select the first available from this group. The photos shown are examples so you can see the range of banyan character and structure you can expect.