The exquisite beauty of a bonsai tree well trained in a simple style, and growing vibrantly in a pot of suitable size and shape, can b...
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Displaying Your Bonsai Outdoors
Remember that simplicity is very important in Japanese aesthetics and bonsai should be displayed in an uncluttered environment where...
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Bonsai Containers
All bonsai begin their development in training pots, where they stay until they have a good, fibrous root system and relatively full f...
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Additional Training Techniques
Before wiring became standard practice, bonsai practitioners manipulated the shapes of their plants in other ways. These methods lac...
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Dealing With Breaks
Even if you are very careful, you may bend a branch to its breaking point while wiring. If the break is simply a fracture with the broken ...
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How To Train Your Bonsai
Often considered the most difficult training technique, wiring is used to bend the trunk and branches of a tree into the shape you wou...
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Shaping the Bonsai
Before deciding on the shape of your bonsai, study the tree carefully and take into account the natural form of the species. To achiev...
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Styles Of Bonsai Trees
Bonsai trees and plants vary greatly in style and size. Miniature specimens, up to 6 inches tall, are usually naturally dwarf plants train...
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The Ancient art of Bonsai: Trimming & Pruning and Pests & Diseases
The main objective of trimming and pruning is to shape the bonsai into the desired form and to reduce growth above ground in order to ...
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The Ancient Art of Bonsai: Misting, Fertilizing and Repotting.
All trees grow in more humid conditions than our homes, offices and dormitories. So what can we do to provide this essential humidity ...
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The Ancient Art of Bonsai: Watering.
Watering is the single most important factor in keeping your trees alive. It is also the hardest skill to learn. This is because vario...
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Purchasing A Tree
When buying a tree from a store during the summer, be sure to give it at least two weeks outside, avoiding heavy rain and high winds ...
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Creating Your Own Bonsai
Plant Selection. It is safest to begin with common plants that do well in your area. Be sure that the plants you consider meet the require...
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Acquiring & Caring For Bonsai
Aimitates, in miniature, the appearance of an old tree in BONSAI is literally a “tree in a pot,” which further nature. Old specimens...
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Grafting red hawthorn
It’s about eleven years since I was on the search for red flowering hawthorn ( Crataegus oxyacantha ). Most of the trees I found, though, ...
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Zen and the Art of Bonsai Maintenance
Over the last couple of decades, according to writer Michael Turley, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of Westerners wh...
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Aqua Bonsai A Bonsai growing in water
Aqua Bonsai is a new style of Bonsai that employs hydroponic technology (a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions in wate...
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The ancient art of bonsai and penjing
Masters of Japanese bonsai and Chinese penjing techniques are gardening artists. The tiny trees they meticulously shape— ranging in ag...
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Negative effects of sudden temperature changes and direct heat sources
Sudden temperature changes can have a negative impact on indoor plants. When plants are exposed to extreme temperature fluctuations, they ...
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The history of bonsai (Chapter 2)
Due to this phenomenal upsurge in the demand for bonsai, the now widely expanding industry and lack of naturally-forming, stunted plan...
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Problems caused by drafts in indoor plants
Constant drafts can be harmful to indoor plants, damaging their appearance and health. It's important to be aware of this issue to avo...
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