Friday 30 March 2012

Bonsai Tree Bonsai Tree Guide


To jumpstart your bonsai gardening hobby, you must first select the right kind of bonsai tree, which will provide for cutting, cropping, and training of branches and roots and cabling give rise to the shape and design of a plant species that you had planned.

While selecting a bonsai tree, you must pay attention to various factors such as climate change, temperature, your lifestyle, care and maintenance, your choices and preferences, congruity with the decor in your home, etc.

There are indoor bonsai trees and out of the door bonsai trees. For the category in the past elections are a little limited. If you lead a busy lifestyle and pushed again and you feel, you won't be able to devote much time or labour behind the care and maintenance of your bonsai, you should choose low maintenance and hassle free bonsai tree is Hardy and requires minimal care.

Some people have a fascination of the exotic bonsai tree species from far from land, which not only requires optimal care, but also find it difficult to adapt to the foreign climate. Adaptability is a factor, which you should always keep in mind while selecting a bonsai tree, because when you do not your bonsai species to perish after spending close to a fortune on its transit and care.

For example, tropical trees will find it difficult to adapt in a Canadian or Norwegian or Russian winter. Most horticultural experts will recommend indigenous native plants that do not require Acclimatization, easily adapted to the surroundings is hassle free and requires a little care. They are ideal for busy executives on the go.

What I am trying to hammer on-fall just not for fancy looks or exotic appeal. It is a common error that cost people loved ones. The following is a list of bonsai tree which can be ideal for you. Choose whichever one you like.

Bonsai tree

Zelkova serrata
Wisteria
Weigela
Grape musts vines
Elms
Hemlocks
Limes
Thymes
Yews
Swamp cypress
Tamarix
Lilacs
Spiraea
Mountain ash
Umbrella tree
Tree thousand stars
The Willows
Chinese bird plum
Black locust or false Acacia
Rhododendron
Oaks
Azalea
Firethorns
Pomegranate
Varieties of plums, cherries, black thorn
Potentilla
Potentilla
Podocarpus
Pines
Pieris
Norway Spruce
Pemphis
Ironwood
Philippine bantigue
Virginia Klatrende
Boston ivy
Olive
Heavenly or sacred bamboo
Flowering Crab apples
Star magnolia
Honeysuckle Shrub
Sweet gum
Privets
Larches
Myrtles
June pers
Jasmines
Holly
Ivy
English Ivy
Honey locust
Maidenhair tree
Fuchsia
Ash
Forsythia × Intermedia
Figs
Beech
Spindle trees
Christmas Star
Enkianthus
Elea Gnu
Deutzia
Daphne
Common Quince
Chinese Quince
Cedars
Hawthorn
Jade
Cotoneaster
Smoke tree
Hazels
Winter hazel
Dogwood
Cypress
Judas tree
Hackberry
Cedars
Hornbeams
Fukien tea
Camellia
Box tree
Bougainvillea
Birch
Barberry
Horse chestnut
Japanese maple
Maples
Eighty

These are the names of these bonsai trees, you can also choose from their different sub varieties.







Thursday 22 March 2012

Bonsai trees to the House and garden


What plants, with the exception of ferns and cut-leaf maples, would you recommend to be included in a Japanese garden? There are a wide range of plants, could be used in a Japanese garden. It depends on what type of Garden you have in mind. Japanese gardens have evolved from primitive "tei" gardens to the gardens, which was influenced by Sung and Tang dynasties.

These gardens were very sumptuous and rendered dramatic landscape features. There were also Buddhist gardens, plotted paradise on Earth. Influenced by the tea ceremony and its aesthetics, feudal Japan, military lords ordered some very interesting gardens that still exist. My Favorites are the Zen gardens and their simplicity. As you can see, there are many different types of Japanese Gardens, and they could use many different types of plants and materials.

Most all Japanese Gardens are used as a place of peace and quite. A way for Gartner to get out of the world and just enjoy even to itself and there family. A lot of gardeners take much pride in that garden. That garden reflects the way the gardener looks or feels when they go to the garden. A lot of monks and Buddhist spends much time cleaning and gardens just enjoy the large gifts, as they were supplied. They believe that if you listen hard enough you can hear the plants talk to you.

Bonsai refers to miniaturizing of a plant, but it does not identify the type of plant that it is. There are hundreds of different types of bonsai plants. All bonsai plants, which have never the same name, but the only thing they have in common is that they are from bonsai family. A full description of the plant-leaf dimensions, leaves color, number of stems growing from the Earth, not branch stem or grow straight, the bark and other distinguishing marks, which would have the effect of ID your plant.

There are many types of bonsai trees, for example: Madagascar bonsai Palm, jade bonsai and azalea bonsai. Bonsais is rarely easy and almost always very expensive-and profitable! Unlike many bonsais, a Jade survive as a potted plant. Bonsais is encapsulated in a variety of containers in different sizes and shape and with varied soil compositions.

But not all, jade bonsai is the same. Under good information about the type of bonsai and what is needed is something you can ask where you go and get your plants from, take the information from the Internet, look at the books on bonsais, or you can speak with another Gartner about it.

Azalea Bonsai is difficult to keep because Azalea will not tolerate dryness and Bonsais has little soil and small pots, so they dry out quickly. In other words, you may have to water your Azalea every day or two, although I cannot be sure without knowing the size and other factors. Desiccation, you mentioned is probably caused by excessive soil dryness.

In addition, your Azalea needs at least a couple of hours of direct sun every day, and it prefers cool temperatures. It can do better outside in a cool semi shaded area in the warmer months. This is certainly not an easy plant as it is very unforgiving of any lapse in irrigation, lighting or temperature.

The presence of fungus gnats is a good indicator that the Earth is staying also damp and the roots are rotting Fungus gnat larvae. feed on decaying roots. I cannot say how often your Bonsai should be watered, but it is clear that you watering too frequently. I would suggest irrigation is not more than twice a week, as long as there is no evidence that the plant Wilts. This will help brake root rot, which, in contrast to the gnats, will kill the plant.

Adults fly around and fungal gnats is annoying, but they are not harmful to humans. Each gnat live around 5 days. The trick is to get rid of the next generation-gnat larvae, which live in the upper layer of the Earth. Try to keep the soil so dry as possible. Remove all loose soil and rocks from the surface and place 1/2 inch slices of raw potatoes on the surface of the Earth. These potato slices will attract gnat larvae.

After a day or so, discard the slices together with larvae inside. Repeat this until there are no more larvae in potato. You must just be a bit more careful with how much water you give your bonsai after all larvae are gone. Make sure that you keep you bonsai tree in the Sun.







Friday 16 March 2012

Care and growth of New Ovata or Jade plants a flowering Succulent winter garden favorite


New ovata or Jade plants are Shrubby succulent that makes excellent choice for dry gardens and container plants. Xeriscaping with drought-tolerant cactus and succulent plants has become popular in the dry areas or places where water conservation is a concern. Jades has thick, deep green leaves sometimes generosity is bound with red borders. Shape magazines, as well as the name implies, is oval-shaped ovata from 1-2 cm long.

New ovata develop thick, fat trunks, who has an aged appearance and eventually will grow up to 8 metres high. In late winter get jade plants 3 inch clusters of light pink to pale salmon flowers with five petals. These perennials are drought tolerant and only need water every month or so.

Indoor, succulent jade plants make good houseplants. They prefer bright, indirect light and may take a few hours in direct sunlight, but they are also adapted to low light. In a pot Jade bo small and can even be used for bonsai. New ovata is sometimes confused with New argentia, which has a similar growth habit, but has a silvery gray leaves. New is usually not bothered by insects or disease. Biggest problem crassulas face can come from over watering. This will result in a soggy Brown, rotten trunk.

In the garden growing drought-tolerant jade plants in shade to full sun. Hottest desolate areas, New better when they don't have a whole day in full sun. New ovata is Hardy to 41 degrees (5 degrees). A light frost appears on the Brown dots on the blade. Indirect protection is usually enough to protect Succulents during a light frost. Heavy frost or a deep freeze will turn the leaves Brown and shriveled. Frozen leaves will fall, or you can sweep them with your hands. If the plant branch or trunk port based is not corrupted, form the new sprout in a few weeks.

Green jade plants are able to live on rainfall alone in many areas. In my Southern California garden, New fortunately grows in full sun and shadow, in heavy alkaline, clay soil. You can see photos of flowering jade plants http://www.theGardenPages.com on.

Root cuttings just as jade plant or gollum jade, starts with a 5 or 6 inch cutting. Bury around half of the stalk's in soil. This will give you deep roots and helps the plant withstand drought better. Keep the soil moist (like a squeezed sponge). Cut back to monthly irrigation after one month. The leaves are likely to shrivel slightly, as the plant form roots: the liver out of stored energy in its leaves. This is normal. You can also lose some blade, which is also normally. The plant will start growing again and can even flower in one year.

New plants are versatile and easy to grow. Their winter bloom to make jade plants a great addition to any garden or home networking landscape.







Thursday 8 March 2012

Care for Bonsai plants to know about


Bonsai, pronounced "bone-suk" (singular and plural) is dwarfed plants or trees grown in shallow pans or trays. The Japanese developed the art of Bonsai, many hundreds of years ago. They tried to capture the beauty of the strange dwarfed trees, which managed to grow under the most unfavourable conditions. Today, the beauty of these trees be replicated indoor cropping roots and top growth, restrict the pot size and shape the plant by wiring it. Plants for Bonsai varies from traditional trees such as June pers and cypresser flowering and fruiting shrubs and trees such as Azaleas and camellias for tropical plants such as jade and Fig. With a little special care, it can bring a little taste of Bonsai Orient in your home.

Basic care requirements are as follows:

1) Light-preferred an unimpeded West, East or South window, the South is best in winter. Grow light can also be used successfully with Bonsai.

2) water and fertilizer-requires the small pots regular irrigation, typically once a day. The target frequent irrigation decomposes rapidly so fertilizing nutrients recommended (at half strength) monthly.

3) Temperature-average house temperatures 68-72 degrees is fine, but plants typically like to nights to drop 10-15 degrees below the average daytime temperature. Marketing installations between window and curtain normally meets this requirement. Some trees have a dormant cold period during the winter and can weather outdoors in 2-3 months in a sheltered place.

4) Humidity-to increase humidity indoors group plants together and dew on a daily basis. You can also use a room humidifier or place plants on a hill in humid pebbles.

If you want to know more about growing Bonsai, you can read Brooklyn Botanic Garden's excellent manual entitled Bonsai for Indoors.