If you are just getting into the world of bonsai and planning to have one, you may be confused about choosing the right tree species to start with. Here bonsai-passion.co.uk would like to share information that you can use as a reference regarding a list of trees that can be made into bonsai. There are…
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Characteristics of Fukien Tea (Ehretia microphylla)
Fukien Tea or Philippine Tea Tree (Ehretia microphylla syn Carmona retusa) is a species of flowering shrub in the Boraginaceae family. This tree grows widely in the east and southeast Asia including India, China, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Australia. Fukien tea has become an invasive weed in Hawaii, where the seeds are believed to…
List of Trees Often Used in Chinese Penjing
Unlike bonsai, penjing is more rugged and the art of dwarfing this tree is the ancestor of bonsai which originated in China around the 7th century, long before bonsai (13th century). Penjing is an ancient Chinese art where trees are planted in shallow containers. The trees are stunted with a shape resembling a real tree…
What is Bonsai?
Bonsai (盆栽) are trees that are stunted in shallow pots with the aim of creating a miniature of the original form of a large tree in nature. Planting (sai, 栽) is done in shallow pots (bon, 盆). The beauty of bonsai is seen from the shape of the trunk, branches, twigs, leaves and roots of…