Buddha Belly Fig Bonsai

Part one of five in the bonsai basic tutorial.

Buddha belly fig bonsai. Also called bottleplant shrub and australian bottle plant buddha belly plant grows 18 to 24 inches tall and 10 inches wide and bears butterfly attracting coral red flowers with yellow stamens year round. Can grow up to 15 metres in height with an equal spread but are often trimmed back or stunted controlled by the size of the pot for a bonsai effect. Watch relax and enjoy the bonsai. It s usually a ficus microcarpa chinese banyan indian laurel or has been grafted with microcarpa foliage.

Also known as the common fig and chinese banyan this bonsai tree grows naturally in southwest asia. There are hundreds of species most of them tropical and evergreen although some are deciduous. Pot belly fig also banyan fig ginseng ficus and chinese banyan botanical name. Pot belly or buddha belly fig.

Many trees and shrubs are trained to grow in a miniature form from california redwood to cypress and juniper. The smooth light grey trunk is quite striking can grow to around 1m 3 3 feet in diameter and it firmly supports the massively spreading canopy. The ficus varieties grow quickly and have evergreen. In this episode we re pot the ficus microcarpa and add the feature rock with basic on screen instructions.

Certain cultivars of fig ficus spp make excellent bonsai particularly the small leaved varieties such as ficus benjamina and ficus retusa. Specific bonsai care guidelines for the ficus bonsai position. Turn japanese maple seedlings into a clump style bonsai part 1 bonsai u. It is an excellent tree for beginners and pros alike.

Nigel saunders the bonsai zone 273 243 views. The glossy dark green leathery leaves are densely clothed on large somewhat weeping branches. It can be kept outside in summer if temperatures are above 15 degrees c 59f and it needs lots of light full sun is ideal in the house as well as outside if the tree is exposed to the ultraviolet radiation gradually or if it is defoliated before placing the tree outside. The bulbous trunks are actually exposed roots which the foliage grows directly from.

Its stems are swollen knobbly twisted and covered in bristled scars and they also contain a sticky irritant sap. This mass produced bonsai is often sold growing in a bonsai or compact pot. Bonsai tree plants can be fascinating because you are basically looking at a whole tree in a miniature version. The ficus bonsai tree is an indoor bonsai which cannot endure frost.

Bonsai come in all shapes and sizes from one upright tree to a small forest of mostly horizontal shape trees. Ficus bonsai cutting of a cutting dec 2016 duration.