Nandina Bonsai Picture Gallery: Admire the Beauty of Bonsai Forms

Chinese name: Nandina

Other names: Hongpazi, Tianzhuzi, Honggouzi, Tianzhu

Latin scientific name: Nandina domestica

Family and genus: Berberidaceae, genus Nandina

Distribution: Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces

Nandina is a very common landscaping plant, but Nandina bonsai made from old collected stumps is truly beautiful, and once the Nandina berries ripen, it has even more charm. This article collects and organizes some Nandina bonsai pictures for flower lovers to enjoy and use as a reference.

Fun facts: The young leaves of Nandina are yellow-green, gradually turning green, and then gradually turning red after winter arrives. It blooms small white flowers in June-July, and produces fruit after flowering. The fruit is a spherical berry, borne in spikes, with dozens of berries per spike. They start out green and later turn red. The fruiting period is October-November, and the berries persist until February of the following year without falling for a long time. It is an excellent bonsai species for fruit and foliage display. Making a bonsai from Nandina root stumps offers endless enjoyment of foliage and fruit, and it can also be planted in a forest style (or grouped planting style) to create a picturesque landscape-style bonsai.

Nandina Bonsai Pictures

Nandina is a very common landscaping plant, but Nandina bonsai made from old collected stumps is truly beautiful, and once the Nandina berries ripen, it has even more charm. This article collects and organizes some Nandina bonsai pictures for flower lovers to enjoy and use as a reference.

Fun facts: The young leaves of Nandina are yellow-green, gradually turning green, and then gradually turning red after winter arrives. It blooms small white flowers in June-July, and produces fruit after flowering. The fruit is a spherical berry, borne in spikes, with dozens of berries per spike. They start out green and later turn red. The fruiting period is October-November, and the berries persist until February of the following year without falling for a long time. It is an excellent bonsai species for fruit and foliage display. Making a bonsai from Nandina root stumps offers endless enjoyment of foliage and fruit, and it can also be planted in a forest style (or grouped planting style) to create a picturesque landscape-style bonsai.

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Is Nandina toxic? How do you make a Nandina bonsai? Nandina bonsai pictures

Nandina has crimson foliage and bright red berries that persist for a long time, making it a superb choice for foliage and fruit display. At the same time, the Nandina plant has an elegant posture, so it is often made into bonsai to decorate windowsills, entrance halls and so on. So, is Nandina toxic? How do you make a Nandina bonsai? The toxicity, making methods and pictures of Nandina bonsai are introduced below.

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I. Is Nandina toxic?

Nandina is toxic, and the entire plant is toxic. If we humans accidentally eat Nandina, we will become extremely excited, and the pulse will become very irregular, generally becoming fast first and then slow. After poisoning, blood pressure will also suddenly drop, muscles will spasm, and gradually breathing will become difficult, the body will become paralyzed, and finally the person will pass out.

II. How do you make a Nandina bonsai?

1. Making a Nandina bonsai:To make a Nandina bonsai, you can obtain seedlings through sowing, cuttings or division. You can also dig up old stumps by a stream and, after 2-3 years of growing them on, pot them in a fine bonsai pot for display. Because Nandina stems are not easy to wire, shaping and styling are mainly done by grouped planting and pruning. This kind of bonsai is best in multi-trunk or forest style. When styling, there should be sparse and dense areas, with staggered heights and clear layers. Relatively thick plants can also be made into a single-trunk specimen. Nandina is mostly planted in spring during the budding period, and it does well in loose, fertile, well-drained sandy soil rich in organic matter. Controlling water and fertilizer early in the growing period can control stem height. Heavy pruning or cutting back before budding or during the growing period can encourage side buds. Wiring before the stems become woody can change the trunk shape and direction. For the pot of a Nandina bonsai, a medium-deep or shallow pot is suitable, mainly rectangular or oval, and because it is grown for green foliage and red berries, the color of the pot should be harmonious. According to the elegant, free and upright characteristics of Nandina bonsai, you can add rocks in the pot, create a small stream, place ornaments, or plant it together with other plants to express a better theme.

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2. Common ways to make Nandina bonsai: (1) Single-trunk style.One plant with multiple branches is the single-trunk style. The trunk (branch) is required to be upright or basically upright, and three to four branches sprouting from the root collar are chosen as the landscape branches. One of them is the upright branch, which should be tall, and the other branches are arranged in an oval pot, with a certain open space left in front of the plant to give a feeling of spaciousness. This kind of Nandina bonsai resembles a tree on the open plain, standing towering and piercing the clouds;(2) Stump-head style.Choose a plant with a decayed, knobby root collar that has sprouted several new branches, take one or two of them as the central main branch and the rest as secondary branches, with the secondary branches having both straight and slanting postures. This kind of bonsai, with green branches and emerald leaves, is like a withered tree meeting spring, vigorous and energetic;(3) Figurative style.The key to making a figurative-style Nandina bonsai lies in the choice of material. Generally, roots and trunks resembling animals are found and, after pruning and shaping, made into figurative bonsai resembling deer, monkeys, dogs and so on;(4) Rock-accompanied style.Nandina is upright. If there are no small branches on the middle and lower part (commonly called bare-legged), it looks empty and not full, so a rock can be placed on the right side of the back to make up for this flawed appearance. This kind of Nandina bonsai leans on the mountain and rock, setting each other off beautifully.

III. Pictures of Nandina bonsai

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[Editor's closing words]During the care of a Nandina bonsai, in order to maintain its ornamental value, it needs to be cut back and dwarfed regularly. The above has introduced the toxicity, making methods and pictures of Nandina bonsai, and we hope it can help everyone!