Ficus Bonsai - Ideal House Plants
Ficus Bonsai like a retusa or willow leaf are one of the better
bonsai for beginners and
for anyone wanting an indoor tree for the home. It’s a perfect
indoor trees because of its not so fussy
about poor lighting and
other problem growing conditions. A Ficus plant is a tree that is native to the tropics and
even into the semi-warm temperature zones. This means that it’s a tree
that comes from warm environments and thrives in these conditions.
Many people buy ficus bonsai because they are low maintenance
and ideal for displaying on coffee table or dining table as a table
centerpiece.
This popular indoor bonsai is recommended for decorating a home or
office and does well in low to high lighting conditions.
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at nursery - This is the green island ficus bonsai
which has oval to roundish dark green shiny
leaves. Also known as green emerald, there are three more beautiful
green emerald ficus here. Easily forms rosettes at the end of its branches if kept trimmed.
Branches and fruits well and easily develops aerial roots when kept
humid. This ficus microcarpa bonsai differs
from other varieties in that the leaves are much
thicker. This tree does particularly well in all types of poor to high
lighting areas. The green emerald ficus above
has exposed roots growing over a textured rock and down into the soil. Very easy indoor maintenance,
its a good display tree to use for beginners.
Get more information here about this ficus tree group.
This ficus benjamina tree is
a popular indoor evergreen tree that is ideal for either the home
or in an office setting.
It is another plant that still does well low
light conditions. The plant pictured here is 11 years old 16 inches x 16
inches and 20 inches tall.
One of the more interesting ficus plants is a
braided ficus twist
which is actually two ficus bonsai trees braided together at they grow.
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here to review this ficus willow leaf bonsai tree.
Because bonsai soil is drains much faster than regular potting soil
watering is very important. This is why the ficus bonsai on the left is
a very popular style to buy, its planted in a water pot. So all you need
to do is walk by and see how much water is there.
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The
rocks selected for this unusual plant arrangement are imported and washed in
acid, which makes them look strikingly unique. Artists then cut and cement the rocks to
one side of the pot, leaving an ample well between them to hold water.
A ceramic bridge is cemented to the rocks on either side.
A miniature,
glazed mud figurine which overlooks the water is also added and cemented
in place. To complete the scene, a pagoda figurine is cemented to the
stone located above the bridge.
Ficus Bonsai Tree Care
Like other indoor bonsai, watering is an important issue when
growing Ficus bonsai trees. While this tree is pretty forgiving about its
watering requirements, it doesn't like being over watered. You
should let the soil dry out between watering. An easy way to check for
dry soil is by simply sticking your finger into the dirt. If it’s dry (
hopefully not powder dry) then water it gently. Don’t overwater this
tree.
Any ficus plant can get stressed out very easily when it comes to different air
temperature and levels of humidity. If you can, keep your Ficus bonsai in a room that has
even temperature all the time and only move it if the temperature
becomes too extreme it will grow better. You can tell the tree is under stress if the leaves
start to fall off. If this happens just make sure that your tree moved
to an area that has even room temperatures and keep watering and
fertilizing as normal.
Ficus bonsai are a tropical tree so you will need to keep the
humidity of the tree up. Air inside a house tends to be quite dry due to
air conditioners and other human activity. You don’t need to turn your
house into a sauna in order for your Ficus tree to grow well!
Many
people place a bowl or tray of water under the tree (not so the
pot is sitting in the water mind you) as this creates a nice humidity
level near your tree. Otherwise you can simply get a misting spray bottle and
spray the ficus tree twice a day in very hot weather.
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The best way to grow ficus bonsai trees in
any environment is to provide a humidity drip tray,
which is always recommended when you buy bonsai trees. Humidity is important or you might find that
the leaves become waxy and fall off. This happens to be one of the
reasons you will like the ficus houseplant above, it has it own water
bowl.
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