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Bonsai plants are just as easy to grow as any house plant

Every home has house plants just to add a bit of color or to keep things looking fresh. Plants look good in any room, but a Japanese bonsai plant, looks fabulous as an ornamental specimen tree. These small tree plants are much nicer to look at and are just as easy to grow, they can be grown outdoors or indoors. These bonsai plants are ideal for beginners.

If you are new to buying bonsai trees and plants it is recommended that you pay close attention to the trunk line of the particular plant you want to grow. Foliage and shape of the branches are important, so  choose something that do not require special tools for pruning.

Favorite species of indoor bonsai plants

The next three plants are all under 30 dollars

Hawaiian Umbrella Bonsai Tree
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Hawaiian Umbrella Tree planted in lava rock

Real Hawaiian lava rock is hand selected to provide a happy home for your bonsai. Schefflera Luseanne are extra special, patented trees that stay smaller and more compact than the ordinary varieties. Place in a bright window or on a countertop. Best to keep some water in a humidity/drip tray/saucer and fertilize monthly at half the manufacturers recommended strength with a water soluble fertilizer found in your local garden shop or on our website.

White Rabbit's Foot Fern Bonsai
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Fern Bonsai Tree

The White Rabbit's Foot Fern is native to the Canary Islands and can grow as a terrestrial or epiphyte. It has finely dissected fronds that rise up from its furry, silver rhizomes hence the name "White Rabbit's Foot Fern".

Likes bright light but avoid direct sun. Great companion plant to display alongside your bonsai or by itself".

 

Flowering Peace Lily Bonsai Tree price 25.95 buy here

 

This Lily is a member of the Philodendron family and is native to South America. Common term is spathiphyllum.

Plant has glossy green leaves that are produced from many branched rhizome. Flowers in any season and are white finger-like. While Peace Lilies can tolerate very low light  but probably will not flower, so if yours is not this may be the problem.

Cascade and semi-cascade bonsai plants are modeled after trees that grow over water or on the sides of mountains. Semi-cascade do not lean as far downward as the cascade style. Raft style bonsai are those that are planted on their side and can include many other styles such as sinuous, straight-line, and group planting styles. These all give the illusion of a group of trees, but are actually the branches planted on its side.

  • Remember they are not trees but plants if you would like a bonsai tree or  indoor bonsai. Most indoor plants can be put outside as long as it is warm and out of strong winds.

The containers or bonsai pots that you grow your bonsai does create part of the effect  of how the plant looks.

For the beginner, outdoor and indoor bonsai plants can be ideal because they are easy to grow and care for. Many people that receive indoor bonsai as a gift, later on buy other indoor trees and then move on to outdoor bonsai as a need hobby.

The most common species of bonsai trees that you usually find on sale are Hawaiian umbrella tree, junipers and azalea. These are popular because they fit nicely on countertops near windows. They do need sunlight but not direct light and a steady temperature.

 

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