Ficus Twin Trunk Bonsai

The ficus is one of the easiest of all the indoor evergreen species for bonsai.
Ficus twin trunk bonsai. There are hundreds of varieties of the ficus but the most popular one for bonsai is the ficus retusa which is often shaped in an s curved trunk and has oval dark green leaves. Some varieties will lose all their leaves in winter but do not panic they will get their new leaves in the spring. The art of bonsai dates back to the 14th century when the chinese began collecting wild dwarf plants and cultivating them in pots. The ficus ginseng is another popular tree.
The tree is very drought tolerant so it s unlikely to cause a problem if you forget to water for a day or two. You will notice my wiring job is horrible but it s something i intend to dig into deeper as well. The flow of the foliage cloud to the left almost gives a hint of windswept. The solid trunks are housed in a well matched pot.
They need a minimum temperature of about 10 c or 50 f during the winter and kept just moist. 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. Ficus bonsai trunk fusing experiment. Ficus bonsai trunk fusing experiment.
Gafu ten 2012 bonsai in japan a nice example of a twin trunk. Ficus retusa is a great variety of tree for indoor bonsai. Bonsai involves restricting a potted. This is the ficus verity banyan tree it is almost 12 years old bonsai.
Thickening a bonsai trunk. Twin trunk branch pattern 1 year 3 weeks ago 49511 jzurita982 wrote. It s not perfect and you need more practice but i wouldn t call it horrible. The microcarpa tigerbark willow leaf golden gate religiosa benjamina and taiwan varieties are quite similar to the retusa.
Actually it s very beautiful bonsai how to make thickness trunk of bonsai this methods have been teaching in this vdo.