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A Detailed Guide to Making Miniature Narcissus Bonsai
Narcissus is one of China's top ten famous flowers and a cherished offering in Chinese folk tradition. Every New Year, people love to display narcissus in clean water as a decorative New Year flower. This is because narcissus can be grown in clean water alone without the need for soil. The roots of the narcissus are like silver threads, spotless and pure; the leaves are vivid and lush green; the flowers resemble golden cups on silver platforms
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Detailed explanation of the process for making elm bonsai
Elm, especially old elm stumps that grow in the wild, have gone through many years of human chopping and hacking, or wind and rain erosion, animal gnawing, and so on, gradually forming many different strange postures. Some have gnarled roots and interlacing branches, vigorous and ancient; some turn decay into something magical, with dead roots and new leaves, opening up a world of their own, making them excellent material for making bonsai.
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A Detailed Guide to Making Ginkgo Tree Stump Bonsai
When people renovate or prune large ginkgo trees, they often saw off many branches and trunks. Those with superior shape can be selected as intermediate rootstock, allowing rapid creation of ginkgo tree stump bonsai. There are three points to note. 1. The rootstock root system should be well developed. The number of scions to graft depends on the size of the intermediate rootstock; generally three are grafted, forming a “three-legged tripod” arrangement
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Detailed Guide to Making Bonsai from Ginkgo Seedlings
Ginkgo is a deciduous tree in the family Ginkgoaceae and the genus Ginkgo. Ginkgo appeared hundreds of millions of years ago and is the oldest relict plant among the gymnosperms left after the Quaternary glaciation. The ginkgo trees surviving today are rare and scattered, and old trees over a hundred years old are no longer common. All other plants in the same class as it have become extinct.
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A detailed guide to making forest-style bonsai, easy for beginners to learn
Forest-style bonsai mainly reflects the composite image of the beauty of a group of trees. Although the selection of plant forms is not as strict as with other bonsai, the image of group beauty is expressed through the combination of individual trees. Therefore, each tree in a forest-style bonsai must also be able to show its individual beauty within a unified composition.
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Detailed Guide to Making a Chinese Elm Bonsai, Easy to Learn at a Glance
Turning a tall, large tree species into a bonsai to display at home can add a sense of steadiness and elegance to the living space, and also add quite a bit of distinguished style. The Chinese elm (Ulmus parvifolia) bonsai naturally has this effect as well. Below, let's see how to make a Chinese elm stump bonsai. Pot selection: Chinese elm stump bonsai generally should use a glazed ceramic pot
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A detailed guide to making cliff cypress bonsai, easy enough for beginners to get started
Pine and cypress bonsai, rugged and aged, cold- and heat-tolerant, not choosy about soil, are long-lived tree species and much loved by people. But digging up and transplanting old pine and cypress stumps so they survive is rather difficult, because their sap is in a waxy state and the bark is fragile and easily damaged; once wounded, the resin seals the cut and hardens, sap circulation is blocked, and it is very hard for new buds to sprout
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Detailed guide to making a Serissa japonica bonsai, beginners can learn it too
Serissa japonica, also known as Snowbush (Satisfaction). It is an evergreen or semi-evergreen dwarf small shrub of the genus Serissa in the family Rubiaceae. The plant is low, the leaves are dense, the branches are thin and soft, and in midsummer it blooms small white flowers, as if the whole tree is covered in white snow, with high ornamental value. Serissa japonica likes a shady and humid environment and a warm climate. It has low requirements for soil
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Detailed guide to making fruit tree bonsai, a step-by-step tutorial to help you learn it easily
Fruit tree bonsai often have a different ornamental effect from ordinary bonsai; they have a bit more vitality and liveliness than ordinary bonsai, rather than being so solemn and mature. When a fruit tree bonsai has too many branches, it easily causes the tree's nutrients to be dispersed. Therefore, before the fruit tree buds in spring
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Detailed Guide to the Making Methods and Key Points of Smoke Tree Bonsai
Smoke tree (Cotinus coggygria), also known as sumac tree or red leaf. The leaves of the smoke tree are oval-shaped with slender petioles. In early summer it bears small yellow-green flowers in panicle-shaped inflorescences. The stalks of the sterile flowers are pink and feathery, lasting a long time without falling. Viewed at the edge of a dense smoke tree grove, they look like wisps of cooking smoke curling above the forest. In English, the smoke tree is called "smoke tree."
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