Detailed Pruning Methods for Bamboo Bonsai
During the growing season, the bamboo (Bambusa multiplex) will continuously send up tender culms from the root zone. If any become too tall and disrupt the overall composition, the excessively tall portions can be cut away. Bamboo bonsai places great emphasis on posture and spirit; its branches and culms must have both upright and cascading forms, with a balance of density and openness and a pleasing variation in height. When there are too many stems, the plant takes on a dense, suffocating look that detracts from the bonsai's ornamental effect, so the crowded branches and culms should be thinned according to the growth situation, with particular attention paid to cutting out the weak, declining culms.
During the growing season, the bamboo (Bambusa multiplex) will continuously send up tender culms from the root zone. If any become too tall and disrupt the overall composition, the excessively tall portions can be cut away. Bamboo bonsai places great emphasis on posture and spirit; its branches and culms must have both upright and cascading forms, with a balance of density and openness and a pleasing variation in height. When there are too many stems, the plant takes on a dense, suffocating look that detracts from the bonsai's ornamental effect, so the crowded branches and culms should be thinned according to the growth situation, with particular attention paid to cutting out the weak, declining culms.