A Four-Year Plan for developing bonsai
- Keep it simple at first. You will add knowledge and techniques as they are called for, by your trees' development and your own deepening sense of the art of bonsai... KEYWORDS: Planting in prepared ground, Pruning, root pruning -
( Added: 12-Jan-2002 Hits: 546)
Rating:
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, -
( Added: 12-Jan-2002 Hits: 580)
Rating:
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 -
( Added: 12-Jan-2002 Hits: 1013)
Rating:
Expert's Corner - Black Pine Needle Thinning
- Trying to learn proper pruning and thinning techniques for Japanese black pine is confusing. The reason is that there are so many variations of the techniques. That is why you can read ten articles on how to prune and needle-thin a black pine and come away feeling like you have read articles giving advice for 10 different species (including perhaps the one you're reading now)....and that is very confusing. KEYWORDS: Randy Bennett, Greater New Orleans Bonsai Society, www.gnobs.org -
( Added: 25-Mar-2002 Hits: 720)
Rating:
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, -
( Added: 3-Jan-2002 Hits: 818)
Rating:
From Seed to Bonsai
- This picture series illustrates the different growing stages of a mountain elm, grown from seed. -
( Added: 3-Apr-2002 Hits: 1046)
Rating:
Growing Bonsai Indoors
- One of the most common misconceptions about bonsai is that they should be grown indoors...KEYWORDS: growing bonsai indoors, inside, cold dormancy, wintering, deciduous trees, Tropicals, tropical bonsai, The Need for Strong Light, dark, shade cloth, watering, fertilizing, air circulation, humidity, insect and disease control, in the house -
( Added: 4-Jan-2002 Hits: 1124)
Rating:
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 -
( Added: 3-Jan-2002 Hits: 1315)
Rating:
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 -
( Added: 6-Jan-2002 Hits: 1882)
Rating:
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)
Rating:
A Drip Mist System for Bonsai
- A Drip Mist System for Bonsai KEYWORDS hand watering, automated watering systems, drip irrigation, advantages of, disadvantages, How to set up a, spray stakes, emitters, poly tube, fog mist, filters, fertilizer injectors, dosatron, costs, planning, Brent Walston -
( Added: 4-Jan-2002 Hits: 428)
Rating:
A New Trunk Caliper Reduction Technique
- Creating flattop bald cypress bonsai using collected, large caliper, stubbed off trunks. A trunk caliper reduction technique for creating flat-topped bald cypress bonsai from poorly tapered collected material by Vaughn Banting -
( Added: 5-Dec-2003 Hits: 176)
Rating: Be the First to Rate it!
Advanced Techniques - Critique
- There are a number of aspects of bonsai presentation and styling that are worth remembering when considering the quality of a bonsai. -
( Added: 19-Jan-2002 Hits: 270)
Rating:
Aging of Container Soils
- match the life expectancy of the soil to the frequency of repotting... KEYWORDS: watering, transpiration, soil aeration, peat moss and nursery mixes, soil medium media, shelf life, expectancy, all inorganic, -
( Added: 4-Jan-2002 Hits: 190)
Rating: Be the First to Rate it!
Artificial Lighting - Tip of the Week
- The problem is that in areas where the winters are cold, the days grow shorter, the angle of the sun gets more and more shallow, and there are many overcast days. The only way to keep bonsai indoors in these conditions is with the use of artificial lighting. KEYWORDS: How to grow bonsai indoors, flourescent lighting, gro-lites, grow-lights, illumination, bulbs, fixtures, lamps, artificial light, tubes, full spectrum, cool, Spectralite bulbs, How to grow bonsai indoors, How do I ~ -
( Added: 15-Feb-2002 Hits: 181)
Rating: Be the First to Rate it!
Artistic Foundations of Bonsai Design
- Andy Rutledge breaks new ground in his provoking new web-book Artistic Foundations of Bonsai Design, -
( Added: 16-Nov-2003 Hits: 90)
Rating:
Beginners - Your First Bonsai
- Here is a bit of information which may help you to avoid this scenario or help you to make a more successful second attempt. KEYWORDS: Beginners, Species for Beginners, Serissa, Japanese Maple, Green Mound Juniper, overwatering, feeding -
( Added: 19-Jan-2002 Hits: 212)
Rating: Be the First to Rate it!
Bonsai Care Practices at the Arnold Arboretum
- What follows is a general outline of the various procedures used by the staff of the Arnold Arboretum to maintain the Larz Anderson bonsai collection in a healthy condition. KEYWORDS: repotting, soil mixes, transplanting, pruning, wiring, watering, fertilizing, winter storage, overwintering, fertilising, fertilizer, fertiliser, temperature -
( Added: 12-Jan-2002 Hits: 115)
Rating: Be the First to Rate it!
Bonsai Evolution Gallery
- The pages listed here show some of my trees at different stages of their evolution and a few words of explanation about styling and nursing. KEYWORDS: Juniperus procumbens, Pseudocydonia Sinensis, Chinese Quince, Larix decidua, Larch, Yamadori,Carpinus koreana, Hornbeam, Celtis sinensis, Fig, Ficus retusa, Ulmus parvifolia, Pinus parviflora, Bunjin, (literati style), Larix kaempferi, Juniperus rigida, Acer buergerianum, Trident Maple -
( Added: 3-Apr-2002 Hits: 327)
Rating: Be the First to Rate it!
