Juniper Bonsai Tree
If you are sitting in garden, and thinking of raising a bonsai tree, you will quickly discover that you have vast collection of choices. But, the most popular type of trees is the juniper. The small tree produces lush greenery, and is low growing. More over it can be grown productively indoors or outdoors.The juniper is an evergreen coniferous bush which can be found in mountains and forests everywhere in the world. Their needle like leaves turn flaking as the tree matures and has a bluish green to light green shading with an irregular silvery variation. There are more than 50 species of juniper.
This type of tree is the one of bonsai trees that is appropriate for beginners because it is quite easy to taken care of. There are many types of juniper that can be turned in to bonsai, such as Shimpaku, Japanese garden, Green Mound, Chinese Juniper, and needles. If you follow some basic rules in growing juniper, the plant will thrive without giving too many problems.
You will find the style of Juniper like of flow one. If you want to choose a juniper tree, go for young tree that has not been trained at all or one that has been trained and pruned for years. It needs plenty of water as well as light. Juniper bonsai are one of the most adaptable styles of bonsai that you can grow. Suitable for use in all styles except the broom style, this conifer tree is adaptable.
The main reason of death of juniper bonsai is that people try to keep this pine indoors. Because of the fast grow rate, many bonsai nurseries will keep this hardy tree in stock, as it can be trained much faster than other species used in bonsai. This why the juniper bonsai is so common as a gift.
When it comes for bonsai juniper tree care, you will find the tree to grow in to a superb work of art. The tree should be places in the humidity tray to ensure it always has the right level of humidity. The juniper tree needs lots of bright shiny direct sun light. Fluorescent lamps can be used as an alternative if there is no enough sunlight available.
Similar to most plants, juniper needs fertilization and they should be given a high nitrogen fertilizer after every two weeks initially in spring and running through mid summer. These plants in pots need to be repotted every two years until they are about 10 years old. It's best to report in the spring, using rather larger pot. Try to use free tough soil that includes clean frit or stone so alkaline deposits are kept from spoil the juniper.