Purchase the Right Bonsai
Going back thousands of years ago, the bonsai plant has a colorful history. The Chinese might have been the first race to prune and shape the bonsai plants but records show that bonsais were seen in Egyptian tombs 2000 years ago.
Records also show that Indian herbalists preserved these prized plants in small [...]
5 Important Tips for Taking Care of Your Bonsai Plant
If you’ve a bonsai plant, it’s important to remember that caring for them is akin to caring for a baby. Loving and caring is required but it’s not sufficient; you also have to show certain “parenting” skills to ensure that your bonsai plant will enjoy a [...]
Basic Bonsai Tools for Beginners
Proper tools are indispensable when caring for bonsai. But buying a whole new set of bonsai tools is not needed for beginners. If you are just starting to develop an interest in the art of bonsai, you only need a few basic tools to do the majority of the tasks involved [...]
Caring for Your Bonsai Plant
Watering
This is the most important aspect of caring for bonsai, especially for bonsai that’s kept indoors for too long. Two things to remember about providing water for bonsai are the type of soil and species. Different soils will absorb and retain water at different rates and different tree species have varying [...]
Caring for Wisteria Bonsai
If you’re cultivating a Wisteria bonsai, your primary goal is to let it flower. This is done by following various techniques. Wisteria won’t bloom if it hasn’t reached a specific age. The normal age for it to bloom is ten years.
In the mean time, you can prune the shoots that have been [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bonsai History
The first ever appearance of the Bonsai plant was in China. A thousand years ago, the practice of growing specimen tree inside pots started. These were referred to as ‘pun-sai’. These plants had rugged foliage and the trunks were often mistaken as animals such as birds and dragons.
Because of these, the Chinese bonsai often [...]
Why You Should Think about Making Bonsai Growing Your Hobby
Thrill junkies select to have hobbies that can make their blood rise all the more. Others like hobbies that grant them to adhere to the status quo. Some, however, like to find a hobby that can sufficiently engage their interest and alleviate the stress from their [...]
