Weeping Cherry Blossom Bonsai Creation
Today's sharing: An introduction to the knowledge of creating weeping cherry blossom bonsai, the process of making weeping cherry blossom bonsai, and next, the editor will introduce it.
(I) Botanical Knowledge
Belongs to the Rosaceae family, Malus genus. Deciduous small trees with graceful posture, young branches are purple. Leaves are ovate or elliptical, edges have fine blunt锯齿. Flowers bloom between March and April, with 4 to 7 clusters, pedicels are purple, slender and drooping, flower color is bright red, resembling colorful clouds, graceful and lovely. Fruits are small, spherical, 6 to 8 millimeters in diameter, turning purple-red when ripe.
Main Varieties
1. Double-petal Weeping Cherry Blossom, flowers are red or pink, double-petal.
2. White Weeping Cherry Blossom, smaller flowers, light pink or nearly white, pedicels are shorter.
Attached species Xifu海棠, also known as small fruit海棠. Small trees with an upright posture, young branches are purple-brown. Leaves are long elliptical, sawtooth is fine, leaf texture is harder, surface is glossy. Flowers are light red, double-petal, pedicels do not droop, with soft hair. Those with deep color and many petals are called "purple silk," a precious ornamental variety.
Weeping cherry blossoms are produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and other provinces and regions. "Shu Guo Tian Yu Xu, Zhen Pao Di Su Yi" and "Min Shu Di Qian Li, Hai Tang Hua Du Yan" are both phrases praising the abundance of海棠 in Sichuan. Xifu海棠 is more cold-resistant and can be distributed to the North China region.
Preferred light, not tolerant to shade, prefers warm and humid climate, soil should be deep and fertile neutral loam, calcareous soil, slightly acidic or slightly alkaline soil can also adapt. Drought-resistant, not tolerant to waterlogging, waterlogging for a short time can easily cause root rot. Strong sprouting ability.
(II) Material Selection and Cultivation Measures
Artificial propagation: Mainly by seeding and grafting, root cutting, division or layering propagation can also be carried out. Seedlings from seeds bloom later, generally requiring seven to eight years to bloom, and cannot maintain the good characteristics of the original variety, so grafting is usually used. Grafting often uses wild海棠 (Hubei海棠) or mountain hawthorn seedlings as rootstocks, and performs cut grafting in March. For bonsai grafting, it is better to graft lower. Select superior varieties for scions, strong and full one-year-old branches, take the middle section with 2 plump buds, if the scions taken in advance are not used temporarily, they can be buried in wet sand.
Cut grafting is done by cutting 3 to 5 centimeters above the ground part of the rootstock, then making a diagonal cut from one side of the cut, and from the shoulder part of the diagonal cut, slightly taking the xylem downward and cutting 1.5 centimeters vertically, then making a steep diagonal cut on the opposite side, inserting the scion into the cut of the rootstock, making the cambium of the rootstock and scion tightly combined, and wrapping the joint with a plastic film strip securely, watering thoroughly at the roots, and providing shade. This grafting method has a high survival rate and the joint heals easily.
After the grafting takes, new branches will sprout, with proper management, they can reach 80 to 100 centimeters high in the same year, cut off the top in winter, leaving 3 to 5 main branches to promote branching. In the second winter, cut off the top of the main branches again to form the skeletal branches, which can create a neat tree shape and is beneficial for flowering. Bud grafting is done from June to July, with a high survival rate. Root cutting propagation is done in February to March, selecting tender roots within 1 centimeter in diameter, 6 to 7 centimeters long, inserted deeply into 2B3, the tip can be exposed to the ground, using loose and fertile sandy loam soil with good drainage, which is also easy to survive. Using海棠 root suckers for division planting can also speed up flowering.
(III) Potting Process
Selecting Pot: Weeping cherry blossom uses medium-deep round, rectangular or square pots, the material should be purple sand pottery or glazed pottery. The color and form of the pot must be coordinated with the shape of the海棠 tree and flower color.
Using Soil:海棠 prefers fertile soil, it is suitable to use fertile loam or garden soil, mixed with an appropriate amount of sandy soil and rice chaff ash. Slightly acidic or slightly alkaline soil can both grow.
Planting: It is best to do it in early spring, or in late autumn. When planting in a pot, you can place decomposed soybean cakes and bone meal at the bottom of the pot as a base fertilizer.
(IV) Shaping Techniques
Processing: Weeping cherry blossom is suitable for using coir rope to tie and shape combined with pruning. However, it is necessary to remove the coir rope in time, otherwise it is very easy to cause the "wire陷" phenomenon, affecting the appearance and tree growth. Processing time is best during the dormant period, or after flowering.
Tree Shape: Weeping cherry blossom bonsai tree shape should be oblique, curved or cliff-style, branches should be graceful and comfortable, and attention should be paid to proper spacing to promote flowering branches, bright flower color, and increase ornamental effects.
The above is the full content of the weeping cherry blossom bonsai creation, hoping to be helpful to green plant enthusiasts!