Bonsai Etape, Vitrolles

Bonsai the plant on pot(!)

Advantages: Look gorgeous
Disadvantages: bring lots of bugs increase biodiversity on your window ledge

Bonsai trees are special miniture trees that grow indoors (usually) in pots. Bonsai is japanese for 'potted plant' and originated in China. they are absolutely gorgeous, the idea of having an entire tree on your windowsil amazes me till today, they grow like trees for years and years, there are several styles and types of bonsai: The formal upright style, or Chokkan, is just as the name suggests, and is characterized by a straight, upright, tapering trunk. The trunk and branches of the informal upright, or Moyogi, may incorporate pronounced bends and curves, but the apex of the informal upright is always located directly over the roots. Mr Myagi from the movie Karate Kid was the first person to get me interested in Bonsai trees. In the movie he talks about how precious they are and how they needed to be treated carefully, and can ...

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I love Bonsai Trees

Advantages: Fun
Disadvantages: None

You probably think I'm weird....but wait!! So, Bonsai trees, I love em. Well actually I've only got one, so I'm no kind of expert on the matter but it does make a good houseplant. I've had it for a while now and haven't managed to kill it (so they must be robust) and it adds a bit (ok, the only bit) of colour to my room. Bonsai trees are like no other plant in your house, and its not just the fact that they are trees that makes them different. I don't know what it is about them that I like, but ever since I saw the Karate Kid movie as a kid I wanted one. Be it their mysterious nature, their rugged looks or oriental connections most people find them nice to look at, and being not all that common many people take an interest in them, asking what they are etc. There are loads of different types of bonsai tree you can buy, and they ...

real_rob_writer 05.07.2001 · Read full review
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Create Your Own Bonsai

Advantages: Easy to care for
Disadvantages: Get someone to water them while you're on holiday!

Create your own bonsai using nursery stock. Photos at: www.one2go.co.uk As there hasn?t been much said about bonsai, I?d like to show how easy it is to create your own bonsai, from a plant bought from a nursery or garden centre. I chose Taxus baccata adpressa ?Variegata,? which is a long-winded Latin way of saying Golden Variegated Yew. I bought this conifer from a garden centre last May and took photos of the various stages of creation, and I?ve included a picture of how it looks today. Firstly, bonsai can be created from any suitable variety of tree (suitable means that the leaves and growth habit should be not too large or vigorous ? don?t attempt to bonsai a Buddleia, for example! ? you?d be fighting nature instead of working with it). The idea that it takes years to make a bonsai, or that it?s an extremely skilled ...

xandie1 21.06.2004 (22.06.2004) · Read full review
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