evergreen bonsai trees
If you enjoy indoor bonsai then its only natural that you grow evergreen bonsai trees in your garden or out on the patio. They make wonderful small ornamental trees for the front deck or a covered patio that gets a few hours of sunlight. The tree pictured here is a holly bonsai.
The most popular ornamental evergreen bonsai trees are the pine bonsai and juniper bonsai trees. The tree that most people are familiar with is the karate kid tree. The bonsai trees in this category must be placed outdoors. Because these trees remain evergreen and require a dormant period during winter.
Small evergreen trees do not have to be trees producing needles, all evergreen means is that the tree stays green all year round. There are flowering varieties that have very beautiful small leaves. These trees are very nice for growing on your patio and can be brought in your home for short periods of time. Varieties include blue moss cypress, white cedar bonsai tree, blue spruce, Japanese black pine, red heather, boxwood, flowering andromeda tree and the pyracantha azalea. All of these evergreen bonsai are ideal for a patio, front entrance-way of your home or office and small ornamental garden areas.
flip video camcorder
Keep a short flip video of your pruning techniques
Can’t remember how you trimmed your bonsai tree last year or even a few months ago? I found a simple solution to that problem, its recording your pruning technique with a small camcorder call a flip ultra video recorder.
Many bonsai beginners have this problem. The shape of the tree seems to have changed and doesn’t look as good as it did six months ago. And the worst thing is you cant remember quite how you pruned it and don’t want to make the same mistake. Do what I did and make a short video recording while you are trimming your tree. The flip ultra video recorder allows you to simply upload it to your computer so you can keep a diary of what you did wrong but more importantly what you did right.
Where to buy:
There are a couple of flip mini’s to choose from. Flip video mini camcorders are available in white, black, orange, pink and green.
- Flip UltraHD Camcorder, 120 Minutes (White)
- Flip Ultra Camcorder 2nd Generation, 120 Minutes (White)
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Its size and simplicity mean it can go where most camcorders can’t.
It’s a very small easy to use video recorder that is the size of a thin digital camera. There are no tapes or discs, so you must offload the videos to a computer when the memory is full, 30 to 60 minutes, depending on the model you choose.
You turn it on, and it’s ready to start filming in two seconds. You press the red button once to record and once to stop and then press the play button to review the video. If you want to re-shoot the video just press the trash button to delete the clip. This is a pretty simple electronic device. Keep it in your purse or coat pocket, take it every where you go, even underwater that is if you add the waterproof case. The video and audio is very good, it has been reviewed to be very close to a TV’s resolution. Flip ultra video recorder also has exceptional low-light ability.
ginkgo biloba
Ginkgo biloba tree for sale, a unique gift for gardeners
Planting one of these ginkgo biloba trees is a wonderful way to celebrate births and marriages. Ginkgo tree gift kit includes everything you need to successfully start and grow a ginkgo, along with an aluminum tag to place a personalized inscription on the tree. Often planted ceremonially in memory of loved ones, this tree can grow up to 20 feet tall in ten years. It is a very nice ornamental tree for adding shade around your patio.
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The ginkgo biloba is extremely hardy and resilient with an unusual chemistry that is often studied for its medicinal benefits, the ginkgo is thought to be a memory enhancer and antioxidant. This tree is also a symbol of long life and memory.
The ginkgo tree seeds were used as a food source as early as 206 BC. The seeds were compared to walnuts and mentioned as a substitute for lotus seeds. Japanese textbooks mention the Ginkgo as early as 1492 as a dessert at tea ceremonies. In the 18th century they became a side dish for sake. The grilled nuts are still eaten today in Japan when drinking sake.
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One of the most famous Ginkgo Biloba trees was located in Hiroshima. It was growing near a temple that was 1.1 kilometers from the blast center where the atom bomb was dropped by the American forces during World War II. The tree was still standing after the bomb was dropped, even though the temple and everything surrounding it was destroyed. The tree began to bud again after the blast with no apparent deformities. The temple was later rebuilt around the tre
Plant Growing Zones
Tree and Plant Growing Zones for USDA hardiness zones 2 through 9
For the past 60 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has collected environmental data about plant hardiness throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This information from the USDA National Arboretum was then made into a tree and plant growing zone map.
The US national arboretum gathered this information and made an easy to follow color coded map. They divided North America into 11 zones, based on the lowest temperatures recorded in those areas over the past few decades. These areas can help you and other gardeners determine how likely a certain species of plant is to survive in your areas general climate.
The following environmental factors that can change from year to year will affect how your plants grow. Acid rain, gaseous and particulate pollution, security lighting, and toxic wastes, among many other stress factors, have significantly increased the potential for unsatisfactory performance of landscape plants and trees.
New techniques of planting, transplanting, watering, fertilizing, and providing pest control measures have done much to increase the healthy growth of landscape plants.
- For more information go to USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map
podocarpus bonsai
A beautiful specimen of a Buddhist pine bonsai tree
Podocarpus macrophyllus is actually known by three different names. Buddhist pine, Chinese Yew bonsai and of course podocarpus bonsai. This indoor bonsai tree is a dense evergreen bonsai with pointed, leathery yew like dark green leaves that are very stiff and pointing out from symmetrical branches. The podocarpus bonsai pictured here is 13 years old, 12 inches x10 inches and 18 inches tall. Read more
Bonsai Palm Trees
As an indoor bonsai tree these palm bonsai trees are rated as easy to maintain
The bonsai palm pictured here is 8 years old, approx. 10 inches – 12 inches tall.
The sago bonsai palm is a long lived exotic palm that tolerates neglect but thrives with attention. Adapts to indirect light or full sun and has a wide temperature range from 15 to 120 degrees F. A slow growth rate allows indoor specimens to remain in the same container indefinitely. Treat as a cactus plant and water when almost dry and seldom fertilize. Read more
Dwarf Cypress Trees
Outdoor evergreen bonsai dwarf cypress tree, ideal as an ornamental tree
There are several varieties of dwarf cypress trees for you to consider planting. Each of these miniature cypress trees are great to use as miniature or small landscaping trees in the backyard or front yard. They also happen to be the pride of louisana and florida. Read more
Holly Bonsai Tree
Gathering up holly branches to decorate your front doorway this holiday season and for many years to come could be a lot easier, if you have holly bonsai trees growing by your front entranceway. A holly tree with leaves with sharp edges can be planted in the ground or you can grow it in a tall container.
The dwarf holly bonsai tree pictured here is thrives in full sun or partial shade and must be kept outdoors. This holly specimen is approximately 15 years old, 13 inches across by 8 inches and 16 inches tall. Although if you grow this evergreen tree in a pot you could bring it in at Christmas time for short periods of time.
If you would like to see other trees that you could use go to this page on small evergreen trees.
Bonsai Display Tables
How you display your ornamental tree is important to the overall look of your bonsai trees. If you have your tree in a chinese bonsai pot a hardwood bonsai display table looks best.
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If you are going to use one of these display stands you are still going to need some sort of table for it to be placed on. The 9 inch round turntable looks very nice on a coffee table as does the table with scrolled legs. My problem in displaying a bonsai tree has always been that I have more than one indoor bonsai tree and I like to display them in a group. The table that works best for me and it may for you also is a sofa table that I have behind my couch.
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I can fit three indoor bonsai trees on this one display table. I prefer a glass top because it goes with all colors of pots and it is easier to clean. I do have a couple of outdoor bonsai on my patio and use an outdoor coffee table and end table for these. I think they make one of the nicest coffee table displays I have seen.
Ficus bonsai (ficus retusa)
Ficus bonsai trees are native to South and South-East Asia. This small-leaved fig tree species are particularly good for training as they produce sturdy trunks and nicely shaped, shiny small leaves. New shoots should be pruned back to two or three pairs of leaves; the woody branches and trunk should be wired only loosely. The bonsai wire that you use to shape the trunk may cut into the bark after only after three months.
When it comes to caring for a ficus bonsai remember that this tree needs to be kept indoors all year long. As with most bonsai trees, the ficus tree should dry out between watering. To test the soil, simply stick your finger down about an inch to see if it feels wet or dry. The key with ficus trees is to never allow the tree to go completely dry for any extended time. To water your tree, soak it or both the container it sits in, in water for about 10 minutes. Then, allow the soil to drain until no more water comes out from the bottom.
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Repotting is also important for bonsai tree care. The repot your ficus tree every two years. Normally ficus bonsai trees grow slow, but if yours is having a growth spurt and taking over its container within the first year, go ahead and repot your ficus. Generally the best time to repot a ficus bonsai like other indoor bonsai trees is during early spring months. For all other bonsai visit this page indoor bonsai trees here for other types of indoor bonsai.