Love And Care For Your Juniper Bonsai
The juniper is the most common choice for a bonsai tree. This evergreen tree comes in about fifty different varieties, which typically grow for more than 200 years in mountainous region. However, when used as bonsai the same tree would live for only a few decades. Its foliage which is one of the reasons why it is chosen for bonsai ranges from pale green to dark blue-green color.
The Juniper Bonsai Needs Tender Care
One of the best varieties of bonsai is the Juniperus X, which is a very popular natural hybrid species in Japan. This tree loves medium climate as too cold or too hot inhibits its development and even kill it. Other things that could cause the death of the juniper bonsai is too much water and poor lighting. Many people love to keep this tree indoors even though this is not exactly an indoor plant. Nonetheless, the plant can be kept happy with regular misting, regulated temperature and perfect lighting.
For an excellent juniper bonsai, you would need to repot it once in every two years during the spring time for its first ten years. This would make it grow strong and healthy while at the same curtail its growth just enough to make it a perfect bonsai. This tree thrives on nitrogen fertilizer and hence, it should be given a high concentration every two weeks during summer when it grows most, and a low concentration during winter time. Add to this a small amount of acidic fertilizer to ensure that the tree has the best there is for its development.
Never shape your juniper bonsai when the leaves are sprouting - this would kill it. The best time for shaping your tree would be the summer and this should be done exclusively with the fingers. You should also never use scissors on your juniper bonsai because it would make its ends turn an ugly brown. Always remember to leave sufficient foliage or you would experience branch withering.
This tree acquires the most interesting shapes and you could enjoy making all types of shapes with equal ease as it is very easy to train it. You should only keep in mind that this tree can die if over-watered so be careful with the watering. One way to safely water the juniper bonsai is to immerse the tree in water up to its trunk and remove it as soon the bubbles stop coming up.
Follow these steps and you will have a very happy and not to mention very beautiful bonsai tree that you could proudly show to all your friends.
