"Choosing Your Bonsai Plants"

What to look for when
choosing bonsai
plants/trees?

Most types of tree or shrub are
suitable for bonsai. Consider the
following characterics when making
choice:

An interesting trunk with a
good arrangement of brunches.
Atractive bark color.
Select compact, fine-textured
foliage with small leaves and
flowers for your bonsai plants.

There are number of different ways to acquire bonsai plants.

1.Collecting From the Wild

In the wild, trees quite often become naturally dwarfed due to
climatic or other adverse condition. You can sometimes lift these and
grow them in containers. Of course, you'll need permission of the
landowner.

The drawback is that it's not an easy task to find and transport these
bonsai plants. And also, once transported they may never re-
established. Not recommended for beginners.

2.Unwanted Garden Shrubs

Another cheap way to collect bonsai plants is to ask other gardeners
for trees or shrubs that they no longer want, or have room for.

Many dwarf trees will adopt to bonsai cultivation. And not only that
bonsai plants acquired this way are usually free, but collecting such
plants gives valuable experience in how to lift more mature bonsai
plant from elsewhere, establish it in a container and begin shaping
it.

3.Buying Ready-Made

The simplest way to get a bonsai is to buy one ready-made from a
specialist nursery. You will have a wide range of species to choose
from, at prices that are reasonable. And with marvel of the Internet
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4.Growing From Seed

This is inexpensive, but time consuming, because some seeds take two
years to germinate, and even then may not germinate well.

5.Growing From Cutting

This is a cheap and easy way to cultivate bonsai trees. Some of
advantages of starting off a bonsai this way are:
• Bonsai plant is true to the parent plant
• It can root within six weeks.
However, some of the species, such as pine, are difficult to grow this
way.

6.Grafting And Air Layering

These two ways of cultivating bonsai plants require a high level of
skill so they are not ideal for those just beginning bonsai.

Some Suitable Species For Bonsai Plants

Fukien Tea (carmona)

This evergreen shrub is only suitable for indoor
cultivation in temperate climates. Position in
full light, but always keep the soil moist. Repot
every second year in early spring and feed every
two weeks from early spring to autumn, less often
in winter.

Japanese Red Maple (acer palmatum) Bonsai Trees

Japanese Red Maple (acer palmatum)

This bonsai plant has brilliant scarlet-colored
foliage in spring. Position in full light, but
shield from the hot sun, which causes leaf scorch.
Water daily throughout the growing season,
sparingly in winter, and feed weekly for a month
after the leaf buds open (then fortnightly until
late summer). Repot every two years.

Bamboo

The multiple trunk style is the best for bonsai
plants. You will need to position this in partial
shade, protect from frost, and water at least
daily. Every two weeks in spring and summer, give
it a high nitrogen feed, and repot every second
year in late spring.

Trident Maple (acer buergerianum)

This species of bonsai plant likes full sun and
needs water daily in the growing season. Feed
weekly for the first month after leaves appear,
then every two weeks until late summer. Repot
annually in early spring before the buds open,
using a free-draining soil mix.

Azalea (satsuki azalea)

This popular bonsai plant should be placed in
partial shade and watered at least daily in the
growing season, using lime-free water. Keep soil
moist at all times. Feed every two weeks from
early spring until it flowers. Repot once the
flowers have withered.

Taiwan Ficus (ficus retusa)

aka Banyan Fig. The small-leaved forms of the fig
family are best as bonsai trees , and you can grow
them in most sizes and styles. Figs need warm
conditions - minimum temperature of 15°C (60°F).
Water generously in summer, and keep moist
otherwise. Feed every two weeks in the growing
season and repot every second year in spring.

Scots Pine (pinus sylvestris)

Protect from frost and cold winds. Water only when
the soil is drying out. Feed every three to four
weeks.

Crab Apple (malus sargenti)

Position these bonsai plants in full light all
through the year. Water daily in the growing
season, especially when the plant is fruiting, or
the apples will shrivel and drop.

Cherry (prunus serrulata)
Place this bonsai plant in full sun, protecting
from frost in winter. Water daily throughout the
growing season, but sparingly in winter (always
keep soil moist). Avoid dropping water onto open
flowers as this spoils the petals. These bonsai
plants require repotting annually in late spring
or late autumn.

Japanese Wisteria (wisteria floribunda)

Give these bonsai plants plenty of sun, but
protect them from frost in the winter. Water daily
throughout the growing season, and always keep the
soil moist, even in winter. After flowering has
ceased, feed once a week until midsummer. Repeat
in the autumn. Repot these bonsai trees after
flowering every third year, using a basic soil
mix.

Crape Myrtle (lagerstroemia indica) Bonsai Plants

Crape Myrtle (lagerstroemia indica)

In temperate climates, you can grow these bonsai
plants outdoors in summer. In winter, keep cool,
but frost-free, to allow leaf drop and dormancy.
Water daily from spring through autumn, but
sparingly during winter dormancy (do not let the
soil dry out). Repot annually in early spring in a
basic soil mix, and feed these bonsai trees every
two weeks throughout the growing season.

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