I’m starting to get more comfortable with pruning the branches of my bonsai trees to develop and maintain their shape. I’m not so sure about how to go about pruning the roots though, so I wanted to find out more about this. How do you trim the roots of a bonsai tree? To produce a…
I’m looking to go beyond caring for the bonsai trees I obtained ready-made, and I want to start cultivating my own bonsai trees from small plants. I’ve got some ideas about the types of tree I should be using, but I wanted to know what would be a good (say, fairly easy) bonsai style to…
One of the reasons I started this website was to share what I’m learning about bonsai as I become more involved. A question I keep asking, that I’m finding it very difficult to get a satisfactory answer to, is why bonsai trees are so small. There seems to be a lot of information on how…
I find myself worrying more and more about the health of my bonsai trees. I try to keep them healthy with the right soil mix, water and fertilizer, but sometimes they just become unhealthy, and I’m wondering if some of this is due to disease caused by infection of some sort. What diseases can affect…
Since bonsai trees are small, and look beautiful, you might be tempted to keep your bonsai trees indoors just like any other houseplant. Also, bonsai trees are popular for their artistic value, and you can admire them as art just like any other objets d’art you might own in your home. Having bonsai trees around…
I got interested bonsai because one of my Dad’s main hobbies was growing bonsai trees. He had a long table in the garden for displaying his trees and to provide a workspace. When he passed away the trees were left behind and that was when I started to become interested. I’m sorry now that I…
Bonsai trees are usually grown in pots of various kinds. Since the pots are usually quite small relative to the tree, the amount of soil in the pot is also quite small. This means that the composition of the soil can be more important than for other plants and trees since the benefits need to…
I’ve noticed that some bonsai trees that are wrapped with wire and others aren’t. I wondered if the unwired ones used to be wired, or if the wired ones started off unwired but weren’t growing properly and needed some help. So here I’m looking at why you might need to wire a bonsai tree to…
An important part of caring for bonsai trees is keeping them fed and watered. Knowing how much water to give your trees can be tricky, but at least most people know what water is. When it comes to fertilizer, the food supplements that we give our bonsai trees, it becomes much more confusing. I’m going…
A lot of people describe bonsai as being very therapeutic. I wanted to find out if there are any specific ways that growing and caring for bonsai trees could actually have health benefits. So, is growing bonsai trees good for your health? The health benefits of bonsai as a leisure activity don’t seem to have…