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Be sure to check out our new bonsai pics. We have two galleries of photos that were taken at the 2004 San Francisco Flower and Garden Show. The first Gallery and the second batch of Bonsai photos. Don't miss the 150 year old... See more » Be sure to check out our new bonsai pics. We have two galleries of photos that were taken at the 2004 San Francisco Flower and Garden Show. The first Gallery and the second batch of Bonsai photos. Don't miss the 150 year old California Juniper. While I have covered plant dormancy briefly elsewhere on this site, we continue to get a lot of questions concerning the topic, so I will cover some more ground here. This is not a simple topic; it is of great concern to the scientific community, even more so now with global warming. In fact there is to be a world wide symposium in May on just this topic (in Holland I believe), so with that thought in mind, let’s start with a scientific explanation. read more This is the crux of the art of bonsai. Most Bonsai Tree that die (I prefer the phrase “permanent dormancy”) are lost to dehydration, either from lack of watering or from being kept in a low humidity environment (indoors) too long. read more The soil you use affects rooting, feeding, watering and transpiration; it is where half your tree lives so this is our second biggest consideration in maintaining your bonsai. While the needs of individual species vary greatly a good rule of thumb is 30% grit, 70% humus for deciduous trees, and 70% grit, 30% humus for evergreen needled plants, but these are just general guidelines. read more The history of bonsai goes back countless ages, with the first evidence of small potted trees showing up in Egyptian tombs over 2000 years ago. Records show Indian herbalists keeping prized plants dwarfed in containers to increase their mobility 1500 years back. read more We have covered root pruning in another article; branch pruning is the other side of this coin. There is an old bonsai saying “As with the bottom, so with the top.” A root pruning really needs a top pruning to balance the plant; less foliage up top is less foliage the roots need to support. But what to cut? There are three basic goals to top pruning. read more One of the great differences between pen tsai and bonsai tree is the latter’s use of wiring as a common technique for changing the shape of the tree (pen tsai relies heavily on the clip and grow method, supplemented by hanging weights). Wiring can do a great deal to change the shape of the plant, but it can also do a great deal of damage to the plant if done incorrectly. read more See less »

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A Collection of Bonsai Care articles covering pruning a tree, shaping, soil and other bonsai care issues.

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