Archive for September, 2009
by Pat Lowe
Wrapping aluminum or copper wires around the trunk or branches of bonsai trees in order to give them the intended profile is known as wiring. In order to produce basic bonsai styles, you will need to wrap the trunk and branches with the correct thickness and length of wire. The formal upright style involves no wrapping, but the cascade shape involves a few months of careful wiring.
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Continue Reading September 21st, 2009
by April Kerr
There are many myths and stories about bonsai trees. Most of them are unrealistic, confusing those who don’t know very much about this form of art. Bonsai is not a species of plant, as some wrongly believe. It is simply a miniaturized form of horticulture.
Bonsai trees are the expression of a deep connection between natural elements, soul and humans. In Japan, bonsai represents an ideal, being a symbol of the society. Zen Buddhism perceived them as a form of divine expression and meditation.
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Continue Reading September 9th, 2009
by Christina Jones
Bonsai trees, like every other living things, should have food for existence. Unlike the roots of normal trees that develop for long expanses searching for nutrition, the roots of bonsai trees are constrained to grow within the tray & thus theyll be capable of obtaining only whatever nutrition is obtainable in the soil inside the pot. Thus, the soil within the container requires to be repeatedly refilled with the right quantity of nutrients.
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Continue Reading September 2nd, 2009