South African Bonsai Culture. How to Grow Bonsai Trees : How to Make your Own Bonsai : Bonsai Lessons for Beginners « South African Bonsai Culture. Acacia Bonsai Tree Care, Acacia Trees. Caesalpinia Ferrea - Brazilian Leopard Tree - Bonsai. The Secrets To Success With Indoor Bonsai - The BonsaiSite Forum. Success With Indoor Bonsaiby Jerry Meislikwww.bonsaihunk.us Introduction Growing bonsai indoors is one of the passions that has kept me enthralled with bonsai for nearly 30 years. During that time I have grown bonsai on windowsills and indoors under various types of artificial light. Over the years I have learned some crucial concepts about growing trees indoors. This article will present some of these ideas that may help you save time, effort and avoid killing trees in your indoor growing efforts.
Indoors is not indoors! At best growing trees indoors is a difficult task, and part of the problem is that indoor growing conditions are not at all similar to the natural conditions under which trees normally grow. A very cool room or basement is the ideal place to grow boxwood, Crape Myrtle, Cotoneaster, Chamaecyparis, Serissa, and citrus, while a warmer room is the best place for Ficus, Schefflera, Wrightia religiosa, and buttonwood. All plants are not created equal! Light and more light! 1. The Art of Bonsai Project - Art of Bonsai Awards 2009. Art of Bonsai Awards 2009 Discuss this Contest >> We are please to announce the winners of the 2009 Art of Bonsai Awards. Separating the entries into the categories of the contest, adding the scores of our four judges together for each entry, and dividing that total by four to determine the average score per entry determined the winners.
The entry with the highest total average score was declared the winner of that category. An experienced artist judged entries that tied. All documents concerning this contest, including the judges individual judging sheets, our scoring sheet, and the tie breaking process can be accessed here. The judges for this contest were: Warren Hill U.S.A. Guy Guidry U.S.A. Andy Rutledge U.S.A. The Art of Bonsai Award winning entry was selected by the AoB Editorial Staff. The American National Bonsai Exhibition Award winning entry was selected by William N. The Joshua Roth Limited Award winning entry was selected by the staff of Joshua Roth Limited. Grand Prize BCI Award. The Art of Bonsai Project - Home. Kitsune Bonsai - Heather Hartman. Kitsune Bonsai: Ficus. Kitsune Bonsai: Boxwood. Kitsune Bonsai: Cycad. Kitsune Bonsai: Hackberry. Kitsune Bonsai Species Information. Kitsune Bonsai. Kitsune Bonsai: Bougainvillea. Glossary. Bonsai terminology Some common (and not so common) bonsai and general horticultural terms (and slang).
For a more complete list of Japanese Bonsai terminology: Japanese Term Glossary {*style:<b>ABCISSION LAYER </b>*}The layer of cork which forms at the bas of the petiole on deciduous trees in the autumn. This creates a seal, preventing the flow of nutrients, cause the leaves to fall. {*style:<b>ACID </b>*}Describes a pH of less than 7.0. Maple and beech, will do better in alkaline conditions. </b>*}A bud that occurs in an unusual place on a tree. When branch ends are pruned back; the degree success of forced budding depends on the variety of tree.
</b>*}A technique used to create an individual tree out of a branch or trunk of the original tree (the parent tree). Stimulating the branch or trunk to root by cutting a ring out of the bark and covering with a rooting material like wet sphaghnum moss. </b>*}Describes a pH of more than 7.0, or considered rich in lime. </b>*}A plant hormone. 2. Lindsay farr's videos. Bonsai moss collection and care from the Way of Bonsai TV series. Planting bonsai shimpaku junipers on a rock from The Way of Bons.
Bonsai Lindsay Farr's WorldOfBonsai episode 20. By Craig Coussins. His collection is quite eclectic and while he has no particular type of rock he prefers, he enjoys finding rocks with naturally flat bases rather than cutting them....much to the chagrin of other collectors. Some of his collection will rotate on this site and as it extends to over 2000 specimens, viewers will find something to interest them here. Most of the Studio Photo's of Craig's Suiseki and other stones are by Fay Yerbury. Craig has the Daizas made for most of his stones nowadays by the wonderful Sean Smith in Pennsylvania and other talented carvers such as Tony Sarraceno in Oakland. What is a Suiseki? When I first started to collect stones in 1972 it was for my fish tank.
I discovered that some of these stones looked just like mountains. Although I preferred a flat base I sometimes cut a little into the base to 'flatten' it so that the stone could stand. Today all my stones are naturally flat inasmuch as I do not cut any stone I find. (currently the site of Osaka castle) in 1850.