A "grouped planting" is the creation of a scene through plating multiple trees in one container. It realistically expresses natural scenes such as a grove of slender trees with sunlight passing through their leaves, a grove of wild pines growing along the shoreline, or an untouched forest deep within the mountains. It is something that beginners of bonsai can easily become accustomed to. -
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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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Bonsai Articles
- Bonsai articles by Kevin Bailey,
Benches & Display Columns,
Underplanting & Accent Plants
Security, Care, Organic Fertilisers
Feeding, Watering Bonsai
Irrigation, Trees Lost - Lessons Learned, Propagation, Trees From Seed, Cuttings, Layering, Division & Grafting, Projects, Suiseki, Choosing Pot Selection, Bonsai & Computers,
Video & Bonsai, Creating Driftwood, DIY Projects,Unusual Species -
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Bonsai Articles
- Bonsai articles by Kevin Bailey,
Benches & Display Columns,
Underplanting & Accent Plants
Security, Care, Organic Fertilisers
Feeding, Watering Bonsai
Irrigation, Trees Lost - Lessons Learned, Propagation, Trees From Seed, Cuttings, Layering, Division & Grafting, Projects, Suiseki, Choosing Pot Selection, Bonsai & Computers,
Video & Bonsai, Creating Driftwood, DIY Projects,Unusual Species -
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Bonsai Basics
- What is bonsai? Locating outdoor bonsai? Can I display bonsai inside the house? How often should I water my bonsai? when do I feed my bonsai? What plants to use for bonsai? How, when should I repot my bonsai? What sort of soil should I use? How and when do I prune a bonsai?
How do I wire a bonsai? What books do you recommend for beginners?
What are some good websites on bonsai? -
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Bonsai Today Online Journal
- online publication with articles, advice, and information for all levels of endeavors. (formerly bonsaienthusiast.com) -
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Creating a Bonsai Cascade (Kengai)
- The Kengai (Cascade) bonsai is a beautiful bonsai style and needs special techniques in its creation. I hope the following instructions will provide you with the information you need to complete a bonsai in the cascade style. KEYWORDS: Mas Imazumi -
( Added: 26-Mar-2002 Hits: 1148)
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Creating a Forest Bonsai
- KEYWORDS: Forest style bonsai, yose-ue, group plantings, style, tree arrangement, perspective, securing trees, trees in groups, cork elms, trident maple, oaks, number one tree, epoxy, symmetry, foliage canopy, Brent Walston -
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Creating Driftwood - Carving Jin & Shari
- This nicely illustrated article by Kevin Bailey shows tools & techniques for carving deadwood effects -
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Division & Grafting by Kevin Bailey
- A well-illustrated article on division and grafting covers graft types; saddle apical, whip, whip & tongue, side veneer or side wedge, inarch and approach grafts -
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How to Make a Mini Bonsai
- How to make a young tree into mini-bonsai KEYWORDS: Fumio's mini bonsai, shohin, mame, Celastrus orbiculatus -
( Added: 19-Jan-2002 Hits: 967)
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"Stone-affixed" bonsai, as the name suggests, means bonsai that have been affixed to, or planted on, stone. However, there are various styles of bonsai which lie within this category. These include bonsai which use flat stones as a kind of planter, bonsai which have been affixed to an upright stone, bonsai which include one or more trees planted on one stone, and others. -
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Kinashi Bonsai Town
- This tour guide to the Bonsai Town in Kinashi Japan also has some small but excellent examples of bonsai styles and common trees -
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Making Jin, Shari or Shari-miki
- These ageing techniques are almost exclusively used on evergreens. They give the tree an aged look but should always be applied without disturbing the natural look of the tree. Jin : broken branch. The bark is removed and the wood whitened after drying. KEYWORDS: Danny Use, jin, shari, shari-miki, deadwood -
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Semi-Cascade Bonsai - an ancient Potentilla
- Semi-cascade bonsai resemble plants growing on a cliff face, a rocky shoreline, a canyon wall or a windswept hillside -
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A Windswept Juniper
- A Windswept Juniper
by Ruth Staal
A bonsai in the windswept style represents a very common occurrence in nature. If you have ever been in the mountains, for example, or on cliffs by the sea , where prevailing winds lash at the trees, you will have seen how they react to such stress. Usually they are stunted, because they aren't growing under ideal conditions! Almost all branches grow away from the wind, sheltered by the trunk itself, and only the strongest trees survive -
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Advanced Techniques - Group Plantings
- Group plantings replicate a number of trees growing together in a copse, wood or... KEYWORDS: Multiple trunks, forest styles, plantings, bonsai styles, OBTAINING TREES FOR GROUP PLANTINGS, Particularly recommended: Beeches, Fagus, birches, Betula, Cryptomeria, elms, Ulmus, Zelkova, hornbeams, Carpinus, , Juniperus, larches, Larix, spindle trees, Euonymous, maples, Acer, pots for group plantings -
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American Bonsai Styles
- With the introduction of bonsai to the West, there is now the possibility of other styles using other species KEYWORDS styling bonsai styles, American bonsai, influences, California Oak, Brent Walston -
( Added: 4-Jan-2002 Hits: 524)
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Art of Bonsai
- History, Species, Fotos, Transplanting, Styles, Sun, Watering, Pruning, Fertilization, Disease, Accessories, Bonsai of the Month, Forum -
( Added: 3-Aug-2003 Hits: 343)
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