Ficus Forest Style Bonsai

13 tall from soil line.

Ficus forest style bonsai. The exact name of this species of ficus is in question at this time. Enjoy viewing seven stunning examples of bonsai forests. Ficus is a very hardy tree that is particularly great for banyan style bonsai. Should almost immediately become a displayable bonsai.

The oldest bonsai tree in the world. It can be grown indoors and outdoors with beautiful pads and great aerial roots. I added some stones and agate along with moss. Ficus likes full partial sun and moderate water and fertilizer.

2 old juniper bonsai tree at mansei en japan tested and proven to be over a 1000 years old. The most developed trees are planted in the middle of a large and shallow pot. I had some spare ficus so i decided to create little forest with thesee little ficus plants. David has a fabulous specimen from this same material in the national bonsai and penjing collection in washington dc.

Yose ue although bonsai are often planted solitary trees in nature are more commonly found in groups. This ficus bonsai treeis reported to be over a thousand years old. On the sides a few smaller trees are planted to contribute to one single crown. In this style the form is conical or sometimes rounded and the tree has an erect leader and horizontal branches.

Forest bonsai style yose ue the forest style looks a lot like the multi trunk style but the difference is that it is comprised of several trees rather than one tree with several trunks. Instead of creating and displaying a single tree with a forest we create a complete landscape. David and i regard this material as one of the top bonsai ficus varieties to use for bonsai due to its vigor and incredibly powerful and aggressive root development. The forest style in japanese yose ue is one of the most popular styles of bonsai.

Willow leaf ficus is a very hardy tree that is particularly great for banyan style bonsai. Creating a bonsai forest or group planting requires an odd number of trees that is in case only a few trees are used to provide asymmetry usually belonging to the same botanical family. It can be grown indoors and outdoors. Produces tiny narrow leaves and ornamental figs.

Natural growth pattern is a wide expanding canopy but many style more like a redwood. Mike lane demo tree on cascade bonsai from fb live april 14th 2020 unique characteristics. Typically one of the branches is lower and extends a little farther from the trunk than the others. Burt davyii ficus specifics.

It is the main tree on display at the italian bonsai museum crespi image courtesy also by crespi.