Detailed Guide to Winter Jasmine Bonsai Pictures and Making Methods
Winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) has slender, supple branches, a well-developed root system, strong sprouting ability, and tolerance for pruning, with golden flowers and green calyxes that are bright and attractive, making it a good bonsai material. Today, the editor will take you to enjoy winter jasmine bonsai pictures and introduce the making methods of winter jasmine bonsai.
The materials for making winter jasmine bonsai are mainly artificially cultivated and old thick stumps dug from the wild, because it tolerates pruning and has strong sprouting ability. The heavy pruning method can be used: after the plant grows to about 0.3 m or meets a certain design requirement, cut off the terminal buds to cultivate a certain crown. Or through certain shaping and pruning, remove the basal buds at the roots at any time to promote more branching and flowering. When digging from the wild, the priority is to protect the roots, keep the root system as complete as possible, remove damaged and dead roots, straighten out the root system, plant it deep in the pot, and gradually carry out root exposure.
The method of root exposure for winter jasmine bonsai is to fill the lower half of the pot with nutrient soil and add fine sandy soil to the upper half. When planting, first bury all the root system in the pot, then firm it, water it thoroughly, and carry out careful management.
After a period of cultivation, the root system develops normally, fibrous roots grow in the culture soil, and the plant is already deep-rooted and leafy. At this time, the fine sandy soil can be gradually removed so that the upper roots slowly become exposed. After another period of cultivation, the exposed roots have gradually aged, and the lateral roots are also relatively thick. At this time, the flowering plant can be moved into a shallow pot. When transplanting, fully protect the root system and bring the original culture soil. In this way, a winter jasmine bonsai with suspended roots and exposed claws, simple and vigorous, can be gradually cultivated.
The branches should be heavily pruned. Except for the selected branches to be retained, all other branches should be removed. The retained branches should also be shortened. According to the growth characteristics of winter jasmine, it can be cultivated into cascade-style and semi-cascade-style bonsai.
Some old stump bonsai have old and curved branches and trunks, with suspended roots and exposed claws at the base, long strips drooping, golden flowers and jade-green calyxes, heralding spring early, and possessing a unique charm. Winter jasmine branches can also be trained and twisted to form circular, semicircular, fan-shaped, and other shapes. Sometimes, in order to make winter jasmine branches grow upward, a bamboo pole can be inserted beside them, and the short branches tied to the bamboo pole to support their upward growth. At the same time, the sprouts at the base should be removed at any time. After growing to a certain height, then remove the top to fix the trunk, so that a drooping arched crown can be formed.