The jade tree, which makes a perfect bonsai plant, is a succulent that offers magnificent evergreen leafage. Its ornamental appeal make it one of today’s trendiest plants.
Your bonsai survives with a delicate balance of soil, air and water. Repotting it is a crucial step and is quite easy if you follow this video. Watering, soil mix, season and timing are presented. Read more ►
Niwaki – this is the Japanese word for cloud pruning. It’s the act of trimming trees into cloud shapes. An ancestral, elaborate art, this cloud pruning technique was developed to create symbolic spaces,
The Egyptians were familiar with putting trees in pots to carry them around easily, then the Chinese did it because it looked good, but the Japanese are the people who became the true creators of the art of bonsai.
Not always easy to grow a lawn in the dark shade of a building or tree. Moss often finds its way among the grasses, but somehow doesn’t get that elf-like green hue it would get in forests.