Maple bonsai picture gallery, with many fine styles for reference

Chinese name: Maple bonsai

Family and genus: Aceraceae, Acer genus

Maple bonsai pictures are an important reference for making maple bonsai. Flower lovers who like bonsai can shape their trees later based on other people's maple bonsai pictures. The editor of this article has collected and organized more than ten maple bonsai pictures. They are not only beautiful but also down-to-earth, suitable for flower lovers to imitate.

Red maple bonsai picture gallery: Red maple bonsai making techniques and care methods

Red maple is a famous landscape tree in China, with a graceful and moving form. It is suitable for planting alone or in groups among rocks and green pines and cypresses, and can also be grown as a potted plant at home or made into bonsai for viewing. It can also be cut into branches and placed in a vase as cut flowers for viewing. So what are the making techniques for red maple bonsai, and what are the care methods for red maple bonsai? Let's take a look:

Red maple bonsai picture

Red maple bonsai making techniques:

Red maple can be made into different bonsai forms according to the shape of the stump, such as straight-trunk style, slanting-trunk style, curved-trunk style, waterside style, and cascade style; several plants can also be planted together in one pot to make double-trunk style, three-trunk style, forest style, and other bonsai forms. When making forest-style bonsai, choose plants of different heights and sizes and plant them in groups, with rocks, moss, and other accessories to express the artistic conception of "drunkenly dyed maple forest." Because its leaves are relatively large, the crown should not be made into cloud-pad or cloud-cluster shapes. It can be pruned into a natural style with coordinated heights and an elegant, flowing appearance. The shaping method is mainly pruning, supplemented by wiring. Some branches can be pulled to make the layout reasonable. Red maple bonsai should use white stone pots, green glazed ceramic pots, or yellow purple clay pots, and should not use red or purple pots similar to the leaf color. The specific steps for making red maple bonsai are as follows:

1 Selection of saplings

When making double-trunk style bonsai, choose plants of different heights and sizes as bonsai plantings, preferably with short plant shape and thin, weak, drooping branches. When selecting saplings, it is best if they have a soil ball.

2 Preparation of tools

Before making bonsai, you must prepare a comfortable workbench of suitable height. You also need to prepare the following tools: pot, soil, filter screen, small stones, pruning shears, steel wire, aluminum wire, small saw, and wire pliers. The choice of pot is very important. Mainly use brown-yellow purple clay pots of similar color. It does not need to be too deep, because maple trees are afraid of water accumulation. The bottom of the pot must have holes to allow water to drain. For the soil, prepare mountain sand, charred mud ash, and loess in a ratio of 1:1:1, then mix them into nutrient soil. Also prepare colored compound fertilizer, and mix the charred mud ash, loess, and fertilizer together. Then it can be potted.

3 Potting

Before potting, remove excess soil from the roots so there is enough space in the pot. Prune off overly long main roots, side roots, and overly long root hairs from the soil ball, and bring the two trees together. The first step in potting is to lay a filter screen over the drainage holes at the bottom of the pot. Lay a layer of small stones on top of the filter screen. Then place the prepared tree into the pot. When putting the tree into the pot, pay attention to the front side, and also distinguish the front from the back. Once placed, add soil to the pot until it is 2-3 cm below the rim, which is enough. Do not fill it to the top, so that you can water it. While adding soil, press it firmly to prevent the tree from shifting position.

4 Pruning

Prune overly tall main trunk branches, dense branches inside the crown, overly weak branches, and branches growing too low on the main trunk, and so on, after the shaping is completed.

5 Shaping

When shaping, first wrap aluminum wire around the small branches on the main trunk, then bend them in the desired direction. Determine our several main branches and determine the direction of extension. If you feel that the extension angle of the branches cannot achieve the ideal shaping effect, you can use aluminum wire to guide them appropriately. Each main trunk branch must be guided to the ideal position with aluminum wire and aluminum wire.

6 Wiring

Wiring is mainly for small branches. Although the branches are small, they still need to be shaped for us so as not to affect the perfection of the overall shape. Around the trunk and inside the crown, as well as some weaker branchlets on the main branches, all need their direction determined, wrapped and guided with aluminum wire, and made to grow in our ideal direction and angle. If there are branches unfavorable to the shape, cut them off with pruning shears.

Once pruning is done, the bonsai making is considered complete. Then use rope to tightly tie our two main trunks together. After fixing them, tie the main trunk to the pot to prevent displacement during transport. After tying, water it one last time, watering until water can seep out from the bottom of the pot. Within 1-2 years, our shape will basically be set, and then we can remove the steel wire and aluminum wire.

Red maple bonsai care methods:

Of course, making red maple bonsai cannot be separated from careful care, because only careful care can make red maple grow luxuriantly, make the leaves red and beautiful, and increase its ornamental value. Let's take a look below at the care methods for red maple bonsai:

1. For planting, ordinary culture soil can be used. After watering, place it in a semi-shaded place. Frequently spray water on the branches and trunk. When the leaves begin to unfold, increase light. After all leaves have unfolded, apply one light (nitrogen) fertilizer solution. Place it in a semi-shaded place with even sunlight for normal management.

2. In summer and autumn, pay attention to ventilation. Potted plants should be moved to a semi-shaded place around noon, and attention should be paid to ventilation. Under scorching sun exposure, the leaves are prone to scorched edges, curling, and falling. At the same time, pay attention to watering to prevent the soil from becoming too dry.

3. If you want to manually control leaf viewing, you can do it once each during the periods between spring and summer and between summer and autumn. Doing it too frequently will harm the tree. You can completely remove all leaves once each in June and September, and after 10 days fresh red new leaves will grow. Pay attention to two points: first, prune after leaf removal; second, fertilize one week before leaf removal. To manually control new leaves, fertilizer and water must be strengthened. This is the key to success.

4. If the leaves scorch under the scorching sun, in August you can remove all the scorched leaves, place the plant in a cool semi-shaded place, and apply a nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium compound solution lightly, about 2 times a week. In this way, by autumn, fresh red new leaves can grow.

5. In winter after leaf fall, it enters dormancy. You can apply one light nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium base fertilizer and carry out shaping and pruning, so that the branches and leaves in early spring of the following year will be even redder and more brilliant. If encountering especially cold weather, place the bonsai in a warm, wind-sheltered, sunny place or indoors in a sunny spot to avoid freezing damage.

6. The main pests of red maple are: red wax scale, cottony cushion scale, and heart borers. Control method for scale insects: when few, scrub them off with a toothbrush; when severe, spray with a 1000-fold dilution of 25% imine phosphorus sulfur emulsion. Control method for heart borers: use a syringe to inject a 2000-fold dilution of 40% omethoate into the damaged part of the trunk.

That is all for sharing with everyone on red maple bonsai making techniques and care methods. We hope it can help everyone. For more related information, please continue to follow the Tubatu Learning Decoration Flowers and Plants column.

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Red maple bonsai is a very popular and beloved plant bonsai nowadays. It is made from the well-known red maple tree. The bonsai posture is natural and elegant, and the color is gorgeous and refined. It is one of the very beautiful and charming home bonsai decorations. However, unlike other decorations, red maple bonsai needs careful care from people to maintain its unique charm. So how should red maple bonsai be cared for, and what are the care methods for red maple bonsai? Let's take a look at red maple bonsai pictures and learn about its care methods.

¤ Red maple bonsai care methods

1. Soil

Red maple bonsai generally uses culture soil specially designed for red maple on the market, so its soil contains many components beneficial to plant growth and can promote rapid plant growth. However, note that after planting, it should be watered appropriately and then placed in a semi-shaded place for cultivation.

2. Light

Red maple bonsai loves sufficient light, but it is also very afraid of scorching sun exposure. For a long time under the scorching sun, the plant leaves are prone to becoming scorched. Therefore, around noon it needs to be placed indoors in a semi-shaded place to maintain coolness and ventilation and prevent the leaves from curling and scorching. However, note that when the plant begins to unfold leaves, light needs to be appropriately increased.

3. Watering

Red maple relatively prefers moisture, so the bonsai should always remain in a moist state. When the plant's new buds sprout, water more. After entering the growth period, the water requirement is greater, and it needs to be watered once a day. In summer, water once in the morning and once in the evening, and it can also be sprinkled appropriately. As for winter, when red maple enters dormancy, the water requirement becomes smaller, and watering once every 3 to 5 days is enough.

4. Fertilizing

Spring is the growth period of red maple. At this time, sufficient nutrient supply is needed, and it can be fertilized once every half month. Well-rotted, dilute organic liquid fertilizer is full of fertility and very suitable. In winter, red maple enters dormancy, and a nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium base fertilizer can be appropriately applied once to maintain fertility.

5. Pruning

In autumn, red maple begins to shed leaves. At this time, the bonsai can be appropriately pruned. You can cut off overlapping branches, crossing branches, parallel branches, leggy branches, and diseased or dead branches on the plant. To keep the red maple maintaining a beautiful tree shape, in August all scorched leaves on the plant also need to be removed, and appropriate shaping and pruning should be done. In this way, the bonsai will be more beautiful and elegant in the coming year.

6. Pests and diseases

Red maple is also prone to various pests and diseases, such as scale insects and heart borers. When encountering scale insect damage, you can spray with a 1000-fold dilution of 25 percent imine phosphorus sulfur emulsion to kill them, while for heart borers, you need to use a syringe to inject a 2000-fold dilution of 40% omethoate into the damaged part of the trunk for treatment.

¤ Red maple bonsai picture appreciation

Compared with other plant bonsai, the characteristics of red maple bonsai are very obvious. You see, it is covered all over with bright red leaves, rich and dense. When placed near those plant bonsai that are all emerald green, it is truly very special. The saying "a touch of red among ten thousand greens" probably describes this kind of scene. Red maple bonsai is beautiful and elegant. Whether placed indoors or in a courtyard, it is a very eye-catching scenery. The bright red branches and leaves and the proud posture make people unable to keep their eyes off it.

Red maple bonsai is a very beautiful plant bonsai, and it is also a plant bonsai very suitable for indoor decorative use. Moreover, it is different from other bonsai. It is as passionate as a flame, making people feel its fiery passion as soon as they get close. But it is not hot; instead, it is very cool. As a plant bonsai, it can still green the entire indoor environment. It also changes from green leaves to red leaves, very poetic, making people unable not to deeply fall in love with it.

Summary: Red maple bonsai, elegant and charming, gorgeous and refined, is indeed a very beautiful plant bonsai. Placing such a potted plant bonsai indoors will surely attract people's attention. If you like it, you might as well plant a few pots.