Bonsai Plants and Care

Bonsai Basics: How to Properly Maintain Them

Bonsai is the horticultural art form of training plants to look like large, aged trees that appear in nature, but in miniature. Bonsai can be developed from seeds or cuttings, from young trees or from naturally occurring stunted trees taken from forests or elsewhere and transplanted into containers. A bonsai is not a genetically dwarfed plant and is not kept small by cruelty in any way. In fact, given an adequate supply of water, air, light and nutrients, a properly maintained bonsai should outlive a full size tree of the same species. The techniques of Bonsai are no crueler than that of any other horticultural endeavor. It is also common belief that bonsai are only a few centimeters tall. This is untrue, although bonsai are small in comparison to their huge life-sized brothers; most are over 25 centimeters tall and up to 1 meter in height. Most bonsai range in height from 5 centimeters (2 in) to 1 meter (3.33 ft). Bonsai are kept small and trained by pruning branches and roots, by periodic repotting, by pinching off new growth, and by wiring the branches and trunk so that they grow into the desired shape.

Bonsai Clubs to Join Online

Bonsai Clubs International

BCI stands for Bonsai Clubs International, a 2006 winner of the Cetre’ International. This is a non-profit organization that focuses on educating bonsai lovers and fans around the world. A good club to join if you want to meet and talk to bonsai growers from other countries and be exposed to international organizations that promote the growth and care of bonsai.

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Your Tropical Bonsai Options

A tropical bonsai grows at a climate that has warm temperature all year round. It gets the lukewarm moisture. A rain forest is said to have a tropical temperature. But places such as Australia, Mediterranean and southern United States can also be tropical locations.

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5 Ways to Tend and Start Loving Your Chinese Elm Bonsai

The art of tending bonsais has captivated people all over the globe. One would stop to think how species that can be so big would be able to fit a small pot or container. The miracle of this form of gardening is, of course, no longer a secret.

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Bonsai Seed, Where An Indoor Rain Forest Begins…

Many people don’t realize that the beauty of nature isn’t available to ‘outdoorsy’ people alone. With much care and persistence, large versions of trees can be made to fit your small garden or your living room. Impossible? Of course not.

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Caring for Wisteria Bonsai

If you are cultivating a Wisteria bonsai, your primary goal is to let it flower. This is done by following various techniques. Wisteria will not bloom if it hasn’t reached a specific age. The normal age for it to bloom is ten years.

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Tips on Keeping Your Cypress Bonsai

The Cypress inched its way to the hearts of bonsai enthusiasts with its regal looks: graceful and green feather-like leaves, refined branches and a bark with cinnamon-brown color.

The Cypress bonsai can be found in swamps along big rivers throughout the southern portion of the United States. It didn’t reach the shores of Japan until the last century and today, it is everywhere in both countries.

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