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What is a Bonsai?
The Japanese term "bonsai" stands for "pot tree" or "plant grown in a tray." The term means the artistic techniques deployed to invigorate the natural vitality of trees, rather than a particular variety of tree. A large tree and a bonsai tree can be raised from the same seed-- with one difference that the bonsai has been dwarfed and shaped through years of training. To grow authentic bonsai, one must grow specimens under carefully controlled conditions, throughly training each tree with wire and pruning for a period of years. The price of a particular bonsai basically depends on age, size and years of training. In general, more expensive bonsais are larger, older, and have had more detailed, extensive training. These characteristics combined give the illusion of a full-grown tree in a natural environment.
The aim of bonsaification* is to develop a miniature tree that has all the characteristics of a large tree that grows in nature.
*Bonsaification - is the process, materials and tools used to train a bonsai.
Bonsai Tips:
*Some bonsai don't like to be shipped, like these types' bougainvillea, wisteria, and myrtles, which may get some yellowing or leaf drop. For this type give them 2-4 weeks to re-adapt, generally they will bud out and re-vitalize completely.
*Dwarf nandina are very slow growing and take a lot of years to put on this much trunk caliper. Gorgeous flame red foliage in the winter. A 5/8" diameter trunk. About 10" tall from the soil line.