Why Some People Post a Sign that States Bonsai Trees for Sale
A Japanese art of growing miniature container-grown trees, bonsai actually originated from China and spread to Japan and Korea. Far from the common notion that the bonsai is a kind of genetically small tree, a bonsai tree is actually a normal tree that’s kept [...]
Ficus Bonsai: How to Care for Your Indoor Beauty
There are lots of types of bonsai trees that are sold on the market this day. The Ficus bonsai doesn’t belong to the list of the fastest selling bonsais for nothing. First, it is naturally miniscule so pruning is easier for the gardener especially for a beginner.
Second, [...]
Nurturing Tips for Your Bonsai Nursery
There are two primary benefits you can enjoy if you select to build a bonsai nursery of your own and grow your bonsai trees from seed. Firstly, bonsai seeds are cheaper to procure than live bonsai trees. Whereas rare bonsai trees can cost you a considerable amount of money, a [...]
Keeping it Together Using Bonsai Wire
Bonsai trees are very delicate. In order to give them the desired shape, various tools are used to make this work and the most common is the bonsai wire.
Most gardening stores offer these in either copper or aluminum. This are either silver or brown, which will blend in with the [...]
Bonsai Seed, Where An Indoor Rain Forest Begins…
Many people don’t realize that the beauty of nature isn’t available to ‘outdoorsy’ people alone. With much care and persistence, big versions of trees can be made to fit your small garden or your living room. Impossible? Of course not.
Bonsai (derived from the Japanese word ‘bonsai’ meaning planted [...]
From Gardenia Bonsai to Bonsai Tree
The term bonsai came from the Chinese word which means a plant in pot. It was the Chinese who introduced the miniature ornamental trees in the period of the second century B.C. This was the period of perfecting the landscape and trees where planted in specific containers.
Bonsai are plants that [...]
What Is A Bonsai
When you hear ‘bonsai’, the first image that comes to mind is a miniature tree. Aesthetic miniaturization of trees that are grown in the containers is an art practiced by Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
For the Chinese, it is ‘penjing’, for the Korean ‘bunjae’, whereas for the Japanese, the term is ‘bonsai.’
The Chinese [...]
Growing Bonsai is a Cinch
Bonsai trees aren’t difficult to care for. If you’ve the experience of rearing other household plants, then you’re sure to succeed with a bonsai. The only difference of the bonsai trees to other plants is they’re actually ‘trees’. That being the case, they have the ability to be killed even if [...]
How to Take Care of Your Juniper Bonsai
Rapidly growing and responsive to training, you can quickly see the fruits of your labor when taking care of a Juniper Bonsai. This non-flowering and evergreen conifer have long, sprawling branches that can easily be styled to almost anything except the broom.
Considered as one of the most popular [...]
John Naka: Legendary Bonsai Master
John Yoshio Naka was born on August 16, 1914 in Denver, Colorado. He and his family returned to their native Japan when he was eight years old. Having his grandfather as his constant companion, he observed as his elderly shaped and trimmed the trees.
When he was nineteen years old, John took [...]
