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New Method for Styling Nandina Bonsai
As early as the Ming and Qing dynasties, nandina (Nandina domestica) was listed as a garden plant for classical courtyards, and later introduced into bonsai, where it became deeply beloved in bonsai circles. However, this evergreen upright shrub has a tall trunk with few branches, grows extremely vigorously in spring, and is difficult to control in shape, which brings great disadvantages to bonsai styling. Through years of practice, the author has summarized three styling measures for the reference of bonsai enthusiasts. 1. Truncation. In late winter and early spring, take the collected raw stumps and, according to the design requirements, select dormant bud points of moderate height for truncation. Let it grow freely in the first year, and in the same period of the second year, most of the previous year's branch tips can be cut off, leaving only one to two branches at the lowest position, so that new buds sprout from the leaf axils. Repeat this method every year thereafter to avoid the trunk growing taller year by year. This practice is also beneficial to nandina fruiting.
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Detailed Explanation of Artificial Aging and Ancient-Styling Techniques for Bonsai Trunks
Everyone knows that creating a highly artistic trunk bonsai often takes years or even decades to accomplish. How can one create a trunk bonsai with both excellent form and spirit in a relatively short time? Practice has proven that this goal can be achieved through artificial aging and ancient-styling techniques. The technical measures are as follows: 1. Material selection: Every winter and early spring, one can go to barren mountain ridges, cliff tops and wind gaps, precipitous cliffs, and other places to select plant materials suitable for bonsai. Due to poor growing conditions in these places, trees are mostly low and deformed. They easily form
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