Comments on: What is the best Bonsai for me, a beginner? http://www.japanesebonsaicare.com/japanese-bonsai/what-is-the-best-bonsai-for-me-a-beginner How to Care For Bonsai Trees Mon, 02 May 2011 07:27:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: The Muse http://www.japanesebonsaicare.com/japanese-bonsai/what-is-the-best-bonsai-for-me-a-beginner/comment-page-1#comment-1339 The Muse Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:37:59 +0000 http://www.japanesebonsaicare.com/japanese-bonsai/what-is-the-best-bonsai-for-me-a-beginner#comment-1339 The chinese elm can be cultivated as an indoor plant whereas the others are strictly for outdoors. Indoors you can cultivate your plant all year whereas the others have dormant periods in winter and they need that time to rest. CHINESE ELM (ulmus parvifolia)---outdoor or indoor, Virtually immune to disease, this is the best elm for bonsai training; and one of the few species of trees that can be grown outdoors or indoors. It is a semi-evergreen tree, but outdoors it is deciduous in cold temperatures. Indoors, it is an evergreen, losing only some leaves as the daylight decreases during the winter months.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.american-bonsai.com/product_info.php?products_id=2991&osCsid=bq91fvhkcotqbbcih0sikq2gr1 http://www.american-bonsai.com/care.php The chinese elm can be cultivated as an indoor plant whereas the others are strictly for outdoors. Indoors you can cultivate your plant all year whereas the others have dormant periods in winter and they need that time to rest.

CHINESE ELM (ulmus parvifolia)—outdoor or indoor,
Virtually immune to disease, this is the best elm for bonsai training; and one of the few species of trees that can be grown outdoors or indoors. It is a semi-evergreen tree, but outdoors it is deciduous in cold temperatures. Indoors, it is an evergreen, losing only some leaves as the daylight decreases during the winter months.
References :
http://www.american-bonsai.com/product_info.php?products_id=2991&osCsid=bq91fvhkcotqbbcih0sikq2gr1
http://www.american-bonsai.com/care.php

]]> By: Matsu Bonsai http://www.japanesebonsaicare.com/japanese-bonsai/what-is-the-best-bonsai-for-me-a-beginner/comment-page-1#comment-1338 Matsu Bonsai Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:57:59 +0000 http://www.japanesebonsaicare.com/japanese-bonsai/what-is-the-best-bonsai-for-me-a-beginner#comment-1338 It depends. It depends on you, your experience, your horticultural knowledge, your location and your environment. The trees you have listed all have unique challenges. All "can" be grown by a beginner, and would do best grown outdoors. I would suggest you find a local club and ask what others are growing in your area. If you can't find a local club your next bet is to check a garden center and ask what grows where you are. You need to make sure you pick a healthy plant and do your best to keep it healthy. This requires a well draining soil, plenty of water, sunshine, and fertilizer. All this depends, again, on a number of different variables. For a list of local clubs check the link below: http://absbonsai.org/USAClubs.html <br><b>References : </b><br>http://www.matsubonsai.com/blog/post/2008/03/Bonsai-Questions.aspx http://www.matsubonsai.com/blog/post/2008/05/How-to-Get-Started-in-Bonsai.aspx It depends. It depends on you, your experience, your horticultural knowledge, your location and your environment. The trees you have listed all have unique challenges. All “can” be grown by a beginner, and would do best grown outdoors. I would suggest you find a local club and ask what others are growing in your area. If you can’t find a local club your next bet is to check a garden center and ask what grows where you are.

You need to make sure you pick a healthy plant and do your best to keep it healthy. This requires a well draining soil, plenty of water, sunshine, and fertilizer. All this depends, again, on a number of different variables.

For a list of local clubs check the link below:
http://absbonsai.org/USAClubs.html

References :
http://www.matsubonsai.com/blog/post/2008/03/Bonsai-Questions.aspx
http://www.matsubonsai.com/blog/post/2008/05/How-to-Get-Started-in-Bonsai.aspx

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