Bonsai Care
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- Category: Bonsai Care
I am not going to bore you with my personal views on bonsai pottery. So I keep it brief and point you to the references that are meaningful. This is by far the most insightful YouTube I watched about quality of clay and glaze to date:
https://youtu.be/KgsoSudK14Q?si=e_wFv5O3SuOzxpIQ
Are you contemplating to baking boinsai pots yourself? NaoTokutake, a reknowned American potter recommends digitalfire.com and you will figure it out.
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- Category: Pines
Progression pics of my shuhin japanese white pine progres pictures (25 cm)
- Don't decandle.
- Don't pull needles. If you want to reduce needles, you cut them off very short with scissors.
- Needles only last for two years. Old needles will yellow and turn brown in the fall, and they can be knocked off very easily then.
They grow extremely slowly. Know that when you prune, that foliage you remove may take a decade to grow back. - They are reluctant back budders. Therefore treasure every twig that is close to the trunk.
- They prefer to be kept dryer than Japanese Black Pine.
- Expect to wait about 25 to 30 years for the smooth gray bark to get rough.
- This tree is susceptible to wind damage.
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- Category: Carpinus
General Information
Hornbeam bonsai come in a variety of species. From the Betulaceae family of trees, this deciduous species is gracious with light green foliage and a smooth, muscle-like, grey colored bark. It is reportedly difficult to transplant from a field nursery.
Ironwood is a common name for hornbeam. The name ironwood comes from the ancient times when they used carpinus wood to build ships.
During spring, it produces wind-pollinated pendulous catkins flowers. Hornbeam is monoecious, meaning the male and female flowers are on sperate catkins, but on the same tree.
In general, the hornbeam is a slow growing tree. The leaves will turn yellow, orange and red in the fall and will turn brown when dry. The brown leaves will often stay attached in the winter season.
Six species are popular as bonsai. Two of them are known as Korean hornbeam, while one is known as the European Hornbeam or Common Hornbeam. Two are Japanese Hornbeam and one is the American Hornbeam.