Home Garden and Organic Farming

P lants adapted for extreme dwarfing are juniper, pine, elm, maple, cypress is suitable for bonsai culture. In a Tropical place like India, the tree species like Sapota, Banyan, Casuarina,  Boungainvilla , Jade, Juniper, Tamarind, Adenium ,  and Ficus spp and shrubs like west indian cherry are well suited. Plants suitable for Sunny Gardens: 1. Chinese elm. 2. Chinese Juniper. 3. Japanese Cedar. 4. Wisteria. 5. Pyracantha. 6. Japanese black pine. Plants suitable for Shaded gardens: 1. Azalea. 2. Chinese yew. 3. Cypress. 4. Ginko. 5. Japanese Maple. Plants suitable for indoors : A. Bright sunny rooms: 1. Bamboo 2. Bougainvillea. 3. Pomegranate. 4. Chinese yew. 5. Pistachio. B. Dull rooms: 1. Carmona. 2. Fig. 3. Myrtle. 4. Sageretia. 5. Nandina. Cypress Bonsai Tree Chinese Elm Bonsai Tree Japanese Black Pine Japanese Red Maple Bonsai tree Juniper Bonsai Tree Sapota Bonsai tree Ficus Bonsai tree Tamarind bonsai tree

B onsai is an art of growing and training a plant to a miniature form having a natural look of old age. It was originated from China, but it was called Japanese art. The word bonsai simply means planted in the pot. Bon means pot and sai means to plant. It involves extreme techniques of dwarfing. Bonsai is a minimum of 10 years old are period, even 200 years of age are available and have been highly valued as "Venerable" specimens. How to select plants for bonsai culture?             B onsai can be created from nearly any perennial woody-stemmed tree or shrub species that produce true branches and remain small through pot confinement with crown and root pruning. The selection of hardened woody plants that have been subjected to adverse conditions is a good starting point. Such kinds of planting materials can be collected from rock crevices from the walls of any buildings. Old seedlings can be kept in containers form in any nursery or cuttings, grafted plants or layers