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How to Care for Your Japanese Maple Bonsai

The Japanese Maple is a perfect species for bonsai which accounts for it's popularity all over the world. It is adored for it's smaller size, it's lacy leaves, and it's spectacular display of fall colors. It's botanical name ...

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Introduction to Japanese Maple Bonsai

The Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) is native to Japan, the Koreas, Mongolia, southeast Russia, and China. It is among the most popular trees with bonsai enthusiasts. While there are many different cultivars of Japanese Maple, all are suited to the ...

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How to Care for Your Japanese Maple Bonsai

Japanese maples are one of the most popular bonsai trees to grow due to their beautiful foliage, vibrant colors, and unique appearance. To ensure the health and longevity of your Japanese maple bonsai, it is important to care for it properly. 1. Wat...

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Introduction to Japanese Maple Bonsai

Bonsai is an art form that originated in ancient China and Japan where miniature trees are grown in containers. The trees are trained to grow in a specific way that mimics the natural growth of full-sized trees that are unique to their species. Japan...

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Grow Your Own Amazingly Beautiful Japanese Maple Bonsai - Part II

In my previous report we dealt with the proper fertilizing, watering, light, and humidity needs for the Japanese maple bonsai. In this second article on the way to care for your Japanese Maple we will focus on when and how to re-pot, root-prune, and ...

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Grow Your Own Amazingly Beautiful Japanese Maple Bonsai - Part II

In the first part of this series, we discussed the basics of Japanese maple bonsai cultivation. We learned about selecting the right tree, finding the right location, and choosing the right pot. In this second part, we will explore the actual steps f...

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Growing Indoors? Be Sure You Are Growing an Indoor Bonsai Plant

There is an everyday misunderstanding that all bonsai are meant to be grown and displayed indoors. This belief may be because all bonsai trees and plants are planted in small pots rather than planted in the garden, or maybe they saw their first bonsa...

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Growing Indoors? Be Sure You Are Growing an Indoor Bonsai Plant

Growing bonsai indoors can be a rewarding and calming experience. Not only does it bring a little bit of the outdoors inside, but it also allows you to take care of a living organism and watch it grow and flourish over time. Indoor bonsai plants are ...

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What You Need to Know About Growing an Indoor Bonsai Tree

An experienced bonsai artist will inform you that growing miniature trees no more than touches the surface of what bonsai is all about. The actual translation of the word "bonsai" is plant (sai) in a small pot (bon), and yet to just grow a plant in a...

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Adding Bonsai Tree Beauty Into Any Life

Japan has a rich cultural history. One of the practices with a lengthy history is the production of Bonsai trees, which became popular in Japan during the Heian period. Bonsai is a strictly decorative art form. It is meant to be a contemplative piec...

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