Spruce bonsai formation. How to grow bonsai from spruce and other conifers

Do-it-yourself is a complex and lengthy procedure that requires experience and attention. Key to the success of the project - right choice plants. This is carried out taking into account climatic features and maintenance requirements. Gardeners with experience choose coniferous and deciduous varieties as a basis - pine and maple, requiring minimum care. The main thing is to ensure the minimum required temperature.

Those who want to create a beautiful composition with their own hands can use the following green spaces as a basis:

Sprouts of common lilac.
Siberian larch.
Pine.
Siberian spruce.
Juniper sprout.
Kalina.
Azalea on the cob.
Bobovnik.
Almond low.
Ussuri pear.
Purple barberry.
Varietal mock orange and others.

Garden ficus, low almonds, and topinaria have also proven themselves well. You need to start by choosing a suitable container with humus. Will fit ordinary flower pot. When choosing a soil, it is worth studying its becoming. It is recommended that it provide drainage and retain the minimum amount of moisture required.

According to these criteria, sand, clay and humus are taken in equal parts. To plant a tree, you will need a pruner, which forms a crown line, a spatula, sticks, a sieve, a watering can. Spraying is carried out with a spray gun. If there is a specialized store in the village, then the seedling is bought there.

Do-it-yourself pine bonsai

It is recommended to place a pine composition in an irregularly shaped container, the bottom of which is decorated with snags. If the lightness of forms is at the forefront, then in this case a pot or pallet of light shades and grass are used as a decorative element. After that, you need to carefully separate the smallest scales from the pine trunk. In order for the needles to look aesthetically pleasing, they need to be grouped into small bundles.

Further production of a green pine composition proceeds step by step according to the following scheme:

It is recommended to buy a slightly twisted seedling.
Before planting, you need to check the tap root.
For planting, it is desirable to use the same land in which the seedling grew.
Supplement it with a substrate that allows moisture to pass through.
A thematic video will help you choose a style.
Pruning and crown formation begins in the spring.
The formation of curved shapes is best done with strong threads that do not damage the structure of the tree.
The weakening of the density of the frame is made as the thickening of the trunk.
All branches are cut at a pre-selected angle.
Lightly prune the roots every 3-4 months.

The shape of the crown is adjusted with sharp scissors, allowing you to quickly get rid of the excess. Placement of crafts is carried out with an orientation to the sun. As it develops, a coniferous tree requires a large number of natural lighting.

How to make a money tree bonsai

There are many ways in which a bonsai can be made from a fat woman, also called the "money tree". The key to success lies in growth control and crown formation. money tree. You can stop further growth by pinching, carried out as the plant reaches the required size.

If you plan to go all the way on your own, you can buy seeds in the store. At the same time, strictly 1 seed is planted in 1 pot. Step by step then it needs to be watered, but not too much.

The seed takes root well, so additional care is not needed, however, some recommendations are required:

The depth of the pot exceeds by 1/3 the maximum length of the root system.
You can grow it in an aquarium, but then the shape will be curved.
The splendor of the composition is formed by creating at least 2 sprouts from 1 bud.
Extra kidneys are removed with tweezers.
Pruning is carried out according to a pre-planned plan.
You can decorate the composition decorative elements made from foamiran.
If it's coming main holiday year, then the New Year mood will be formed by white foamiran.

How to make a bonsai with your own hands (video)

Miniature bonsai compositions decorate offices and living quarters. At proper care and timely pruning bonsai is formed in 2-3 years. After that, the gardener must carefully monitor the composition, maintaining the splendor of the crown and the shape of the branches. For these purposes, wire or thread is used. Pruning is carried out no more than 1 time every 4-5 months. The specific time depends on the type of tree.

Original options for a beautiful bonsai (photo)

A coniferous plant familiar to all of us can be grown in a "dwarf" version. It turns out a wonderful bonsai - a miniature copy of a fabulous spruce with a curved, expressive trunk. For the plant to please you long years, you must follow the rules of care: water it properly, feed the Christmas tree, and also competently organize wintering - on the balcony or in the garden. The easiest way is to grow a coniferous beauty in a garden plot, and realize an unusual shape with the help of pruning.

Bonsai is the unique art of creating miniature plants. Initially, they take a sprout of a tree. Then the size of the plant is limited to a small volume of the pot and active pruning of the shoots. A bizarre shape is obtained thanks to the gardener's imagination. As a result, a small tree grows with whimsical bends of the trunk and a beautiful arrangement of branches.

Coniferous trees are also used as material for creating bonsai. They are distinguished by rare beauty and are able to transform any interior, bring aristocracy, sophistication.

Key Features:

powerful curved trunk;
small or medium size;
textured bark;
small branches;
small, dense needles;
general view of an old tree growing in mountainous terrain.

Interesting! Spruce is very malleable and allows growers to implement any style of bonsai. You can grow an upright tree or achieve a decorative curvature of the trunk.

In some matters, the tree is capricious. It does not like to winter in conditions warm apartment, he does not like dry indoor air and low lighting. Leave the plant outdoors also not an option, especially in cold climates. Therefore, growing spruce is not suitable for everyone, but only for experienced gardeners who have the opportunity to place a tree in a greenhouse or on a cool veranda.

Kinds

Most often, the following types are used to create bonsai:

Spruce ordinary. Familiar to all residents Middle lane Christmas tree, which we most often use as a Christmas tree. It is characterized by a conical shape.
Blue spruce. It is used as an ornamental tree on the central streets of Russian cities. It has a bluish color of needles.
Glauca Konik. Initially, it has a miniature size. Distinctive features- small needles and conical shape of the crown. High decorative qualities are inherent.
Canadian variety. Original view for Glauka Konik. It has an interesting shade transition from blue-green to blue-white.

Under what conditions to grow?

In nature, conifer grows well in the shade. But bonsai is a completely different matter! A miniature tree needs to be allocated a well-lit area. The Christmas tree should not be placed in the apartment.

It is desirable that you have Vacation home or cottage. In this case, the plant will be able to get the conditions it needs. It is good if the bonsai is outdoors during the warm season, in which case the spruce will receive almost everything it needs simply from the air. It will be watered by rain, illuminated by the sun.

The plant requires additional watering, but in very limited quantities. Basic care rules:

water young trees once a week during the warm season;
watering adult trees growing outdoors is recommended only in drought;
bring in mineral supplement in early spring;
place on the veranda, patio;
use a clay and peat substrate for planting;
when placed in the house, spruce must be sprayed often;
spruce bonsai does not need frequent feeding;
in winter, the room temperature should not be lower than minus 10 degrees, but not higher than + 5-6 degrees.

Peculiarity! Trees grow extremely slowly. That is the nature of the plant. Do not worry about the fact that your tree is growing very slowly, especially in the early years.

How to grow blue spruce bonsai?

Spruce bonsai has a truly fabulous look. Such a plant will decorate the patio, veranda, patio.

The main tasks for obtaining a spectacular plant:

plant a seedling in a special pot for bonsai;
constantly pinch buds and new shoots (prevent the tree from growing);
perform branch pruning;
form an image with a garter or wire;
transplant regularly.

Formation

It is very important to understand at a very early stage what form you want to receive. Usually the formation of the crown is done using wire.

Basic Rules:

Apply wire - from September to April.
You can leave the material for up to two years.
Make sure that the wire does not grow into the bark (scars look ugly).

pruning

Pruning is divided into two types: sanitary pruning and shaping. Main goals:

carry out the main pruning in January and February;
in May, pinch soft young shoots;
cut hard shoots in the second half of summer.

Transfer

Experts believe that there are two most suitable dates for transplanting: this is the beginning of spring (March-April) or the beginning of autumn (September-October).

Prepare a new bonsai pot (larger) and soil in advance (spruces prefer poor, infertile soil - peat and clay will do).
Fill a new container with soil.
Carefully remove the tree from the old pot, remove excess soil.
Try not to trim the roots too much.
Plant the plant in a new pot, water it.

reproduction

The easiest option is to purchase a seedling in a good nursery, and after transplanting into a special container, start forming a crown. But it is much easier and more interesting to grow a tree yourself, from seeds. There are a lot of them in every forest. But cuttings, such a familiar method of reproduction, are not very suitable for spruce.

An experienced grower can grow a tree from cones. It is done like this:

In late January - early February, collect spruce cones (in frosty weather).
At home, in warmth, the cones open, pour out the seeds.
The resulting seeds should be sown in a container, watered.
They sprout unevenly: some after a few days, others after a month.
After a year, cull, choose the strongest plants with beautiful color needles.
After two or three years, transplant the seedlings into special bonsai pots.

Important! When the seedlings reach a height of 10-12 cm, it is already possible to begin the formation of the crown.

How to deal with pests?

The most common pests are:

large pine weevil;
horntail;
sawyers;
bark beetles.

Control measures:

Remove affected parts.
Treat with an oil emulsion.
Spray with insecticides in spring.
Feed the tree with complex fertilizers.

How to take care in winter?

Coniferous bonsai cannot winter in an apartment. The character of the spruce is preserved - Nordic, requiring moderate cold weather. Coniferous species do not like greenhouse conditions! They need to be winter hardy. If you leave a spruce tree indoors, then it is possible that it will simply die sooner or later.

What conditions are needed in the winter months:

young plants need to winter under a film or in a greenhouse;
mature healthy trees can spend the winter outdoors (depending on the region);
if you live in a region with a harsh climate, then you can place the bonsai on a glazed balcony or in a greenhouse.

Attention! In winter, the plant is not watered, this can adversely affect the condition of the root system.

The video shows tips for growing spruce bonsai.

For more than twenty centuries, the art of creating bonsai has been exciting and attracting new fans. originated in Ancient Egypt and China, it appeared in Japan, where it reached its perfection. The first bonsai surprised Europe in 1878 at the World Exhibition in France. And in Russia it appeared for the first time in 1974, when the wife of the Japanese ambassador donated part of her collection to the Main Botanical Garden.
Previously, bonsai was considered a fad of the rich. Now it has gained immense popularity, especially among people living in cities. To grow a tiny tree yourself, a copy of the real one, is a complex, exciting and rewarding art.

What is garden bonsai

A garden bonsai differs from a miniature pot-grown tree in size and in the fact that it grows outdoors all year round.
It will take at least five years to grow bonsai, such as pine trees. And the price for a good copy will be very decent.
And the most interesting thing is that anyone who is interested in this can create these miracle trees on their site. And it is not at all necessary to pay big money for unique expensive seedlings.
Lindens, spruces, maples, oaks, hazels, junipers and many other young trees can be excellent bonsai material in your area. Here's another option. Look around you while you are at your dacha. Maybe there are trees or bushes that you are already tired of, and you have been planning to remove them for a long time.
And if you look from the other side and turn the boring old into a beautiful new one?
No investment. Only fantasy, your hands and an ordinary country tool.

old jasmine bush

A beautiful plant, with a wonderful smell, practically does not require care. It has been growing for more than a dozen years, and in breadth and height. The territory captures more and more, and even is home to mosquitoes. It's a shame to cut it out.
Jasmine is very tenacious, perfectly tolerates pruning and shaping the direction of the branches.
With a pruner, remove all unnecessary, with a soft wire tighten long shoots. At the top, you form a big green hat or come up with something of your own.
Well, how? There is a difference?

And the jasmine will bloom, as usual, and will bestow aroma, and even surprise the neighbors.
Garden bonsai requires care and love. Jasmine grows quickly, so shoot arrows must be removed immediately after they appear.

And the hands are already itching to take up the lilac

Everything that is written above applies to lilacs, if you have them in the bush. But, her image can be changed and rejuvenated at the same time. Garden bonsai looks good if the trees do not exceed a height of one and a half meters. This means that everything above must be cut under the root with a hacksaw and pruner. Leave only one, the most crooked, not an ordinary trunk, cutting it to this height.
The lilac grows very well. From the overgrown side branches, with the help of a wire, it is necessary to form a rounded cup-shaped shape. Or whatever you come up with. To prevent the branches from stretching upwards, a load is tied to them. After four to six months, the load can be removed.

Lilac care consists of pruning to maintain the height and shape of the bonsai. After the lilac has faded, cut off all the flower stalks, being careful not to cut off the excess. It is on these branches that flowers will be next year. In garden lilac bonsai, by grafting, you can add other varieties of this plant. Imagine how beautiful it will be.

red leaf walnut

Along with jasmine, he conquered everything a long time ago garden plots. If you have an old bush, you can do as with a jasmine bush. But, the result is more interesting if you plant three or four identical walnut seedlings next to each other. A place for planting must be chosen so that the bonsai looks harmonious. It is better when there is free space between the trees.
As they grow, the walnut stems must be twisted together. Lateral branches must be removed until the plants reach a height of one and a half meters. Do not let bonsai grow higher, only form side branches in width using soft wire and pruners. The diameter of the bowl is up to you.

Walnut, like jasmine, gives new shoots from the root system. They must be removed in a timely manner, or put a layer of mulch, or beautiful stones around the trunk.

Many, looking at the bonsai of a one and a half meter nut, are surprised at the bright rich color its leaves. The answer is simple - choose a sunny place to plant and prune in a timely manner. Young walnut leaves are always brightly colored.
By the way, you can cut trees to form bonsai at any time of the year. And it is better to do it on time, not allowing unnecessary branches to grow. Below, in the photo, a young walnut with pale leaves, growing in the shade, did not know pruning.

Spirea garden bonsai

From the usual spirea, which many know as curb ornamental shrub, you can do whatever you want. It grows well, is not afraid of secateurs, is very hardy. During flowering, these balls turn white and amaze people with their unusualness and beauty.

To create a spirea bonsai, plant several shrub seedlings nearby. Their tables can be braided, or, when they grow up, simply tied with soft wire.
As side branches appear, use a pruner to form any shapes.

Garden bonsai from ordinary spruce

We go for bonsai spruce to the nearby forest, and not to the nursery
Growing such an amazing bonsai from an ordinary Christmas tree is simple and interesting.

You plant a Christmas tree half a meter high in a spacious place. Let her grow up a couple of years.
And take the secateurs. Everything superfluous - down.
Pruning spruce should be done in early spring or late autumn. Do the same with ordinary pine bonsai. You can form its branches
I copy classic bonsai, creating more bizarre forms.

More fantasy and experimentation

Unique seedlings for bonsai, already prepared by nature itself, can be found among rocks and stones. On clearings between abandoned trunks and on stumps, sometimes such twisted shoots appear that you are amazed and rejoice at the same time.
An amazing combination of leaves of different colors or flowers of plants of the same species can be successfully used in bonsai. It is enough just to plant them side by side and weave them together. And when they grow up, to form, with the help of pruning, something funny, unexpectedly beautiful.

The main thing is not to be afraid. You will definitely succeed. And no one will have a second, such a garden bonsai.

Spruce is quite difficult to grow in the bonsai style, as it is necessary to constantly do a lot of small work on care and shaping. Shaping a spruce trunk is easy enough because of its flexibility.

Some species of Common Spruce (Picea abies) - "Nidiformis", "Pumila glass" and Spruce with gray (Picea glauca) - "Conica" are used as bonsai.

The soil:

Spruce is tolerant of poor soil nutrients. Use the ratio of clay soil to peat.

Lighting:

Light-loving plant. Grown outdoors all year round.

Temperature:

Grown at outdoor temperature, but in winter should be protected from extreme cold.

Watering:

Water spruce regularly in spring and summer, do not let the soil dry out in winter.

Top dressing:

Feed the spruce throughout the entire period active growth, from early spring to autumn.

Formation:

Unlike others coniferous plants pinch spruce when young shoots grow a little. Prune old branches in January and February, during this period resin production is minimal. When applying the wire, make sure that it does not grow into the bark.

Buying a plant:

Can be taken young plant in nature, but rooting is very rare, so buy spruce in nurseries or specialized stores.

Pests and diseases:

Spruce is susceptible to all ailments of coniferous plants. In case of yellowing of the needles, spruce-fir hermes may be damaged. Pests are usually located on the underside of the needles and resemble cotton wool, to destroy it, treat the spruce with an antio or rogor solution.

Branches are treated with colloidal gray or Bordeaux liquid from rust (yellowing of needles, orange spots, swelling on the branches). If the disease does not go away, it is advisable to prune the affected branches, as a last resort, uproot the plant to stop the spread of the disease.

For the Japanese, growing bonsai is a whole philosophy that combines the spiritual and physical side of the process. An ordinary person needs to treat this matter with love and patience in order to achieve success. You need to have some knowledge about how to make pine bonsai. It takes a lot of time and effort to grow bonsai on your own. As a result, an amazing plant will give joy and beauty for many years.

Traditional bonsai must meet the following characteristics:

Trunk. It should be powerful and strong, with a pronounced base and protruding roots.
Branches. There are few branches, their lines should be harmonious and clearly visible. The trunk and branches of bonsai give the tree that very unique bizarre image.
The form. Japanese pine Bonsai must meet one of 15 classifications. To help a novice or experienced gardener, drawings, diagrams, photographs or your own fantasies and wishes.
Pine in miniature should look like a tree growing in natural conditions.

The main task when creating a bonsai is to achieve a slow growth of the plant. This is achieved in several ways: frequent pruning of tree roots and shoots, artificial restraint of growth, the use of special types of soil, special ways of caring for and watering trees.

How to grow pine bonsai outdoors

AT landscape design bonsai pine takes pride of place. Its obvious advantages are original form, unpretentiousness to growing conditions, resistance to low temperatures, high level adaptation.

Observing certain conditions, you can grow this miracle tree right in the ground:

A real bonsai is a visually old tree. The effect of aging is achieved by artificially bending and landing branches with the help of weights and wire. For the impression of a long-growing pine tree, the bark is specially cut in several places with a knife edge.

Formation of bonsai from Scots pine

Scotch pine can be an excellent basis for self-growing bonsai. Conifers differ from deciduous trees in two stages of growth per year, which should be considered when creating pine as a bonsai. The first wave of growth occurs in late spring and is expressed in the lengthening of the branches. The second wave occurs at the end of August and is characterized by thickening of the branches.

In a few years, you can grow a bonsai from Scotch pine with your own hands in a pot:

Scotch pine bonsai should have a strong and developed surface root structure (nebari). Root growth is achieved by several growing seasons, as a result, the tree should firmly and confidently hold on to the ground.

If you plant young trees from pots in open ground, then you can get garden bonsai from Scotch pine. This is done in the fifth or sixth year of the plant's life. The advantages of growing in the garden are the rapid growth of the power of the trunk and the sufficient height of the tree. Before transplanting, the crown and trunk of the bonsai must be fully formed, that is, its proportions by this moment already fully correspond to the desired ones.

The formation of pine bonsai is a balance between the creation of nature and man. In order not to disturb the harmony, several bonsai can be planted in the garden from different types trees, surrounding them with objects and plants similar in style and mood. The transformation of an ordinary tree into a beautiful dwarf counterpart is a fascinating and interesting activity. Bonsai pine will become a real decoration of the garden with individual outlines and lines inherent only to it.