How Do You Make An Instant Bonsai Tree?
Bonsai is the ancient Japanese garden art of training miniature trees. Here’s a quick and easy way to create miniatures that have some of the character of true bonsai without the painstaking demands. Step 1 Select a tree. Start with common garden plants such as azalea, boxwood, camellia, cotoneaster, gardenia, hibiscus, holly, juniper, pyracantha and rhaphiolepis. Look for 1-gallon-sized shrubs with branches that either grow upward or hang facing down – whichever you prefer. Step 2 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep2 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/ehows/steps/bonsai2_L.jpg’); }); Using bypass pruners, make an initial pruning of the plant while it’s in the original nursery container. Find its central trunk and remove enough growth until you plainly see the structure of the front – the side that will be displayed. Step 3 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep3 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/
