Bonsai is the art of arranging and growing trees in miniature. The Japanese word bonsai’ means ‘they planted”! With careful pruning over many years, these dwarf trees look exactly like a fully grown tree. Some are hundreds of years old and very valuable.
Plants suitable for growing as Bonsai are planted in small containers. In tropical climate, the monsoon is the best season for planting or transplanting. For making Bonsai, plants growing wild or seedlings grown in the nursery for several years should be carefully uprooted, grown in ordinary pots for a year or two and then planted in a shallow container. Plants may also be obtained from layering of a large branch, grafting or by raising seedlings in a pot.
It is advisable to grow the plant in the ground for a year or two which helps in developing a strong root system and healthy branches. They are the transferred into a container after pruning the roots and branches. The plants grown in pots may also planted directly in the container.
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