Platycladus orientalis bonsai pictures for your enjoyment, a selection of many beautiful styling works
Chinese name: Platycladus orientalis (Chinese arborvitae)
Alternative names: Bianbai, cypress
Latin scientific name: Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco
Family and genus: Cupressaceae, Platycladus
Platycladus orientalis is one of the most widely used garden tree species in China. Because Platycladus orientalis has a long lifespan and a beautiful tree form, it is often planted scattered in courtyards, in groups, or around buildings. It also tolerates pruning well, so it can be grown as a hedge. At the same time, Platycladus orientalis is also an ideal material for making bonsai.
How to grow pine and cypress bonsai, pine and cypress bonsai pictures for your enjoyment
.......................Pine and cypress are evergreen trees. They like warmth and resist cold, and they adapt strongly to soil acidity and alkalinity. They are widely distributed in southern North China and East China, and are also commonly used as ornamental garden trees. Many people like to grow pine and cypress bonsai. Today the editor will introduce how to grow pine and cypress bonsai.
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Before understanding how to grow pine and cypress bonsai, let us learn about the growing environment of pine and cypress. Pine and cypress trees originally grew in cold zones and high mountains. Because they lived in cold environments for a long time, they developed unique cold-resistant structures. At the same time, the leaves of pine and cypress trees contain little water and also contain pine resin.
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When the temperature drops, they can quickly increase the concentration of cell sap and increase sugars and fats to prevent freezing. Therefore, even in winter, pine and cypress trees will not dry up from lack of water, ensuring that the trees remain full of vitality. From this we can see that growing pine and cypress bonsai should not be very difficult.
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Watering: Properly control watering of pine and cypress bonsai to promote root growth and development. During the high-temperature and dry period just before the rainy season, when temperatures are high and rainfall is low, irrigate in time, appropriately increase the number of irrigations, and gradually increase the irrigation amount. Based on soil moisture conditions, the principle is to irrigate thoroughly at one time. Sprinkler irrigation or side watering is preferable. After entering the rainy season, reduce irrigation and pay attention to drainage and waterlogging prevention, so that internal water does not accumulate and external water does not intrude.
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Topdressing: Combine topdressing with irrigation for pine and cypress bonsai, and use decomposed human manure and urine for topdressing. After each topdressing, water promptly to rinse it clean. Pine and cypress bonsai are generally thought to not allow fertilization, especially because fertilizing too early can cause the tree stump to suffer "indigestion." But practice has proven that this is not the case. As long as you can grasp the development condition of the tree stump, especially after new roots grow, promptly applying an appropriate dilute liquid fertilizer can better promote the growth of fibrous roots and the vigorous growth of branches and leaves.
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Bud pinching: Pinch buds when growth is vigorous. Pinching leaves can make branches shorter and leaves denser. For Chinese pine and Japanese red pine, removing part of the new shoots in summer can produce new buds within the year. For Japanese black pine, after bud pinching in spring, multiple new buds can grow again that same year, and the following year the branches grow short and the leaves dense.
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When it comes to bonsai cultivation, designing the bonsai shape is necessary. Pine and cypress bonsai styling is based on the characteristics of cultural landscapes and combined with the thick and dwarfed characteristics of mountain pine and cypress. Old trunks and thick branches are thinned and pruned to lower the trunk and reduce the crown; then the method of coarse wiring and fine adjustment is adopted, guiding according to the situation, so that the crown follows its natural form and the layers connect and interlace.
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Between each large layer there are also small variations, giving both an overall sense and no disorder, preserving the wonder of natural formation. It also makes full use of dwarfed wild stump resources. Black pine stumps are used with approach grafting, high-branch side grafting, bud grafting, and other grafting methods to change the crown into five-needle pine. The abundant Platycladus orientalis stump resources are used with approach grafting to change the crown into dragon cypress, emerald cypress, and other cypress bonsai, forming a unique pine and cypress bonsai style.
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Through the ages, countless people of ideals and literary figures have praised pines in songs and chanted pines in poems. Pine and cypress bonsai have also always been very popular. Today the editor's introduction to pine and cypress bonsai cultivation methods ends here. Thank you all for enjoying it.
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Complete collection of cypress bonsai pictures for your enjoyment
Cypress is an evergreen tree, extremely widely distributed in China, from Inner Mongolia and Jilin in the north to Guangdong and northern Guangxi in the south, with artificial cultivation ranging across nearly the whole country. It is an excellent landscaping tree species. The tree height generally can reach 20 m. The bark is reddish brown and longitudinally fissured.
Do you want to enjoy cypress bonsai pictures? Today the editor will take everyone to learn about cypress and enjoy cypress bonsai pictures.
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While enjoying cypress bonsai pictures, the editor will introduce cypress. The branchlets of cypress are flat, the leaves are scale-like, and it is monoecious, with cones solitary at the branch tips. The cone is nearly ovate. The seed is long ovate and wingless. Platycladus orientalis likes light, but seedlings and young trees have some shade tolerance.
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It is relatively cold resistant, and its wind resistance is poor. It tolerates drought, likes moisture, but does not tolerate flooding. It tolerates poor soil and can grow in slightly acidic to slightly alkaline soil. Growth is slow. Its lifespan is extremely long. The wood is moderate in hardness, fine, fragrant, and highly rot resistant. It is mostly used for construction, furniture, joinery, and so on. Seeds, roots, leaves, and bark can be used as medicine; seeds are pressed for oil, used for making soap, food, or medicine.
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Cypress branches densely, with many slender weak branchlets and dense branches and leaves. The crown is completely surrounded by branches and leaves, so one side cannot see the other, like a large dark green cone. In ancient China, shells were revered, and shells were used as currency. Some experts believe that the reverence for shells originated from reproductive worship, and the shells revered by the ancients were exactly cone-shaped.
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Therefore, the name cypress comes from "bei" (shell). The character "bai" (cypress) is close in pronunciation to the character "bei" (shell). "Cypress tree" is "shell tree," indicating a type of tree whose crown resembles a shell. Because cypress resembles a shell, in ancient times cypress also had a certain significance of reproductive worship. Chinese people planted cypress in cemeteries, symbolizing eternal life or rebirth and new life, which may be a surviving custom of ancient reproductive worship.
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While enjoying cypress bonsai pictures, do you want to understand the growth habits of cypress? Cypress belongs to the division Gymnospermae and is mainly distributed in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. China has 8 genera and 29 species, widely distributed in China. Cypress is relatively cold resistant, and its wind resistance is poor. It tolerates drought, likes moisture, but does not tolerate flooding. It tolerates poor soil and can grow in slightly acidic to slightly alkaline soil. Its growth rate is slow, and the tree age generally can reach more than 400 years. It generally grows on the shady side of mountains.
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After enjoying cypress pictures, do not forget to understand the effects of cypress. The aromatic gas released by cypress has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, drying dampness and killing insects. It can dispel illness and resist evil and cultivate the body's vital qi. According to tests, its main components are camphene and limonene.
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These natural substances can not only kill bacteria and viruses and purify the air, but also have the effect of relaxing the mind and stabilizing emotions. After people inhale the fragrance of cypress, blood pressure can decrease, cerebral blood flow can decrease, and depressive mood can be relieved.
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Some countries carry out forest therapy, letting cancer patients go to cypress forests for leisure and entertainment. Most patients' mental state improves, and some even eliminate the nausea and vomiting reactions caused by chemotherapy. The large amount of negative oxygen ions diffused in mountain forests can improve the human body's immune function and regulate the functions of respiration and the central nervous system. It has long been known as the vitamin of the air.
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Conclusion: The whole cypress tree is a treasure. Resin, tree oil, fruit, twigs, and leaves can all be used as medicine. Among them, the seeds of Platycladus orientalis, Bai Ziren, and Platycladus orientalis leaves are the most widely used clinically. Today the editor's brief introduction to cypress ends here. Thank you all for accompanying the editor in enjoying cypress pictures.