Accent Plantings by Wolfgang Putz
- Wolfgang Putz has provided these wonderful accent plantings for your enjoyment. More wonderful plants and bonsai are available on Wolfgang's website. KEYWORDS: Accents plantings, displays, grasses, succulents, companion plants -
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Aerial Roots, Banyan Trees, and Strangler figs
- In bonsai culture encouraging aerial roots involves techniques to keep the bark moist, and to maintain high humidity. Lucky growers in the tropics with high humidity and constant warmth have no problems in developing aerial roots. KEYWORDS: Jerry Meislik, Ficus, Air roots, banyan style, Ficus, Schefflera, Pandanus, mangrove, fig, encouraging aerial roots, Developing Aerial Roots, Styling a Banyan Tree -
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African Trees
- Baobaba - Adansonia digitata
Tree Wisteria - Bolusanthus speciosus
African Wattle - Peltophorum africanum
Paperbark Thorn - Acacia sieberiana var. woodii
Large-Leaved Rock Fig - Ficus abutilifolia
Sjambok Pod - Cassia abbreviata ssp. beareana
Large Sourplum - Ximenia caffra
Transvaal Milkplum - Englerophytum magalismontanum
Common Star-Chestnut - Sterculia rogersii
Cork Bush - Mundulea sericea -
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Black Pine Ramification
- Basic maintenance of black pine bonsai has 3 major elements: bud selection/elimination, candle pinching, needle plucking KEYWORDS: ramification, pine, pinus, back-budding, apical dominance, apex dominant, interior branches and buds, lower branches, apex, cutting candles, -
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Bonsai Web: A bonsai site featuring bonsai, seeds, tools, books and more
- Seed Care Guides, Chinese Elm, Ulmus parvifolia, Pomegranate, Punica granatum, Arborvitae, Thuja, Hornbeam, Carpinus, Japanese Black Pine, Pinus thunbergii, Flowering Quince, Cydonia, japonica, Maple, Acer palmatum, Red Cedar, Cryptomeria, Red, densiflora, White, Liquidambar, Redwood, Metasequoia, Mugo, Shimpaku, Juniperus chinensis, Trident, buergeranum, Zelkova -
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Broom Style Elm from mature stock...
- A classic style for elms, especially Zelkova serrata, is the broom style. This style is characteristic of many trees in nature and when done well conveys a realism of miniature nature to an extent seldom found in bonsai. KEYWORDS: Zelkova, broom style, hokidachi, Andy Rutledge -
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Collecting Yamadori in the Mountains
- Yamadori translated from Japanese means "collecting plants in the mountains" and is without doubt the highlight of collecting and creating Bonsai... KEYWORDS: Wolfgang Putz, Mugo Pine, Pinus Mugho, collecting -
( Added: 18-Jan-2002 Hits: 837)
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Flowering Quince for Bonsai
- This tough and versatile plant also makes excellent bonsai.KEYWORDS: Brent Walston, Getting a decent-sized trunk, root pruning, Fruit and Flowers, Proper Names, quince, Chaenomeles, Propagation, cultivars, -
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Index of Bonsai Species at BCI
- Guidelines for the care of tree species as compiled from various lists, newsgroups, periodicals, reference works and practical experience. SPECIES and GENERA, GENUS: Abies Fir, Abutilon, Flowering Maple, Acacia, Acer buergerianum, Trident maple, Acer campestre, Field Maple, Hedge Maple, Acer circinatum, Vine Maple,
Acer davidii, Snakebark Maple, Acer ginnala, Amur maple, Acer monspessulanum, Montpelier Maple, Acer palmatum, Japanese Mountain Maple, Acer pennsylvanicum, Snakebark Maple, Acer rubrum, American Red Maple, Adenium obesum, Desert Rose, Albizia, Mimosa, Silk Tree, Amelanchier, Serviceberry, Ampelopsis, rcelain Berry, Andromeda polifolia, Bog Rosemary, Aralia, Araucaria araucana, Monkey Puzzle Tree, Araucaria heterophylla, Norfolk Island Pine, Arbutus, Strawberry Tree, Averrhoa, Carambola, Bambusa, Bamboo, Berberis, Barberry, Betula, Birch, Betula nigra, River Birch, Bougainvillea glabra, Bucida spinosa, Buxus, Boxwood, Caesalpinia coriaria, Divi divi, Calliandra haematocephala, Dwarf Powderpuff, Camellia, Caragana, Peashrub, Carissa, Natal Plum, Carmona microphylla, Fukien tea, Carpinus, Hornbeam, Casuarina equisetifolia, Australian pine, Cedrus, Cedar,Cedrus libani, Cedar of lebanon, Chaenomeles, Quince, Chamaecyparis, False cypress, Conocarpus erectus, Buttonwood,
Cotoneaster, Crataegus, Hawthorn, Cryptomeria, Japanese Cedar, Ehretia microphylla, Fukien Tea, Eugenia, Brush Cherry, Euonymus, Burning bush, Fagus, Beech, Ficus, Fig, Ficus neriifolia, salicifolia, Willow-leaf Fig, Gardenia, Ginkgo biloba, Maidenhair Tree, Hedera, Ivy, Hibiscus syriacus, Rose of Sharon, Ilex, Holly, Ilex vomitoria nana, Dwarf yaupon holly, Juniperus procumbens nana, Dwarf Japanese Garden Juniper,
Juniperus chinensis sargentii, Sargent's Juniper, Shimpaku, Juniperus squamata, Blue Juniper, Juniperus virginiana, Eastern Red Cedar,
Lagerstroemia, Crape Myrtle, Lantana camara, Larix, Larch, Leptospermum, New Zealand Tea Tree, Ligustrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Sweetgum, Luma apiculata, Malpighia, Malus, Apple, Crabapple, Manilkara, Sapodilla, Murraya paniculata, Orange Jasmine, Satinwood, Myrciaria cauliflora, Jaboticaba, Nashia inaguensis, Bahama berry, Neea buxifolia, Olea, Olive, Picea, Spruce, Pieris, Andromeda, Pinus clausa, Sand Pine, Pinus mugo, Mugo Pine, Mugho, Pinus parviflora, Japanese White pine, Pinus strobus, Eastern White Pine,
Pinus thunbergii, Japanese Black Pine,
Pinus virginiana, Virginia Pine, Pithecolobium, Pithecellobium flexicaule, Texas Ebony,
Pithecolobium, Pithecellobium tortum,(Brazilian Raintree, Pittosporum, Podocarpus, Buddhist Pine, Chinese Yew, Portulacaria afra, Dwarf Jade, Prunus, Cherry, Raphiolepis Indica, Indian Hawthorn, Rhododendron indicum, Satsuki azalea, Rhododendron obtusum amoenum, Kurume azalea, Sageretia theezan, Chinese Sweet Plum,
Schefflera arboricola, Dwarf Schefflera, Serissa foetida, Syzygium, Brush Cherry, Taxodium ascendens, Pond cypress, Taxodium distichum, Bald cypress, Ulmus alata, Winged Elm, Ulmus parvifolia, Chinese Elm, Trachelospermum jasminoides, Confederate or Star jasmine, Vitis, Grape, Wisteria, Zelkova serrata, Japanese Gray Bark Elm -
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Japanese Maples for Bonsai
- This tough and versatile plant also makes excellent bonsai.KEYWORDS: Brent Walston, Japanese Maple, Acer palmatum,Types for Small Bonsai, dissectum, rough bark, arakawa, Acer palmatum atropurpureum, Budbreak on Old Wood, seedlings for group plantings -
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Plant profiles for bonsai...
- profiles on plants commonly used in bonsai. information general cultivation, repotting, pruning and wiring. KEYWORDS: Species
Texas Cedar Elm, Ulmus Chinese Elm, Cotoneaster
Dwarf Pomegranate, Ficus, Flowering Quince, Fuchsia, Fukien Tea (Carmona)
Jade Tree, Japanese Black Pine, Pinus, Japanese Maple, Acer, Juniperus, Satsuki Azaleadendron
Serissa, Star Magnolia, Trident Maple
Zelkova serrata, Photographs, Pictures, Photos -
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The Red Maple as Bonsai
- KEYWORDS: Acer rubrum, Bonsai Culture, propagation from seed, Potting and root pruning, soil, pots, watering, fertilizing, winter care, wiring, pruning, major pruning, pests Acer, maple, Jim Lewis -
( Added: 3-Jan-2002 Hits: 750)
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American Bonsai Society Training Zone
- Deciduous Shrubs for Bonsai, Caragana, Cotoneaster, Bearberry, Nanking Cherry, Prunus tormentosa, Potentilla, Rose, Rosa, Saskatoon, Amelanchier, Spirea, Virginia Creeper, Parthenocissus, Willow, Salix, -
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Azalea - an Informal upright
- An azalea was purchased from a garden centre at a reduced price because it had finished blooming. -
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Big Tree Life Cycle
- Sequoiadendron giganteum, the largest living thing on Earth, begins life looking very much like a blade of grass. KEYWORDS: Redwood, Sequoia seedlings, seeds -
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