Ficus Bonsai Shapes

As a bonsai the effect is of a small tree standing on legs.
Ficus bonsai shapes. Ficus being an easy grow plant the best plant for beginners. Tapering of the trunk must be clearly visible with the base of the trunk thicker than the higher portion. The banyan style roots are commonly trained in a root over rock style. It has small pointed leaves and is happy living in our overly warm homes with their dry atmosphere and fairly low light levels and will look good all year round.
S shape bonsai potting and care of ficus religiosa bonsai with update here is how we pot and take care of the plant. The leaves grow densely giving you a thick canopy. As you re probably somewhat aware the practice of bonsai growing is an ancient art that involves guiding trees growth so that they end up looking like miniature versions of their species. Another popular ficus species is the ficus ginseng.
Progression 1 ficus with air roots left. Many varieties are natural dwarfs. In this style the form is conical or sometimes rounded and the tree has an erect leader and horizontal branches. Tree 1 severely.
The trunk of the ginseng ficus is thick and bulbous reddish gray and has tiger like stripes. Progression 2 ficus in semi cascade and with air roots progression 3 ficus on rock progression 4. Its growth and shape are easily controlled with pruning. Ficus retusa is a great variety of tree for indoor bonsai.
Typically one of the branches is lower and extends a little farther from the trunk than the others. The ficus retusa has an s shaped trunk and dark green oval leaves. Ficus is one of the most popular trees for indoor bonsai. Tree 1 and tree 4 at the top 2004.
A ginseng ficus is a popular plant to grow as a bonsai. This tree has a thick trunk and is often grafted with microcarpa ficus leaves which would result in a ficus microcarpa ginseng. All ficus bonsai trees have milky latex sap. Informal upright bonsai style moyogi the informal upright style is common in both nature and in the art of bonsai.
Next i show five progressions from the ficus trees. Should almost immediately become a displayable bonsai. Ficus retusa specimen indoor bonsai tree. The popular fiddle leaf fig ficus lyrata is one of them as are many other common houseplants.
The trunk grows upright roughly in the shape of a letter s and at every turn branching occurs. The tree grows oval shaped dark green leaves. Tree 1 allowed rampant growth 2005.