Maple Bonsai - How To Care For a Maple
Maples come in a variety of sub-species, but all of them make beautiful bonsai trees. Slightly more difficult to care for, they are nonetheless greatly in demand by bonsai enthusiasts. Their leafy appearance is attractive, particularly in the fall when they turn to yellow and red, just as do the full-sized maples. [caption id="attachment_45" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="An 80-year-old trident maple, or "Acer buergerianum" (Copyright © 2009 Paul Postuma/Ars Informatica and its licensors. All rights reserved)"][/caption] Some varieties thrive well as indoor plants, but for the most part bonsai trees are outdoor plants. Opinions vary about how much sun they require, but partial ...
Bonsai Gardening - An Introduction To the Living Art
[caption id="attachment_41" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="An Introduction to Bonsai Gardening"][/caption] Bonsai is the Art and Product of Shaping Trees Say 'art' and most will think of painting or sculpture. There is a kind of sculpture, though, that takes as its raw material not stone or wood but a living tree. That is the art of bonsai. From the Japanese word for 'tree in a tray', Bonsai is the art and product of shaping trees by careful pruning to produce a miniature tree or bush. Not produced from genetic dwarfs, bonsai are the result of years of patient shaping of ordinary species by master artists. Because ...
Tips on How to Grow Your First Bonsai From Scratch
[caption id="attachment_37" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Grow Your Own Bonsai"][/caption] Most beginning bonsai artists will purchase a tree at some stage of development and gradually learn to care for it. The novice will graduate later to pruning, wiring and other more advanced practices. At some point in his or her education, the temptation to take on the challenge of growing a bonsai from seed will seem irresistible. Here are some tips on how to grow your first bonsai from scratch. Trees grow from seeds. True, many begin as seedlings, prunings or offshoots of mature trees. But the whole enterprise begins with seeds. In order for ...
How to Bonsai
Maple Bonsai - How To Care For a Maple
Maples come in a variety of sub-species, but all of them make beautiful bonsai trees. Slightly more difficult to care for, they are nonetheless greatly...
Bonsai Gardening - An Introduction To the Living Art
An Introduction to Bonsai Gardening Bonsai is the Art and Product of Shaping Trees Say ‘art’ and most will think of painting or sculpture....
Tips on How to Grow Your First Bonsai From Scratch
Grow Your Own Bonsai Most beginning bonsai artists will purchase a tree at some stage of development and gradually learn to care for it. The novice will...