How to make a wintersweet bonsai
This article provides a detailed explanation of how to make wintersweet bonsai and related green plant care and management, with the editor elaborating on the details for you next.
Wintersweet blossoms in the midst of winter when all other flowers wither, braving the cold and frost, demonstrating the indomitable spirit of the Chinese nation in the face of adversity, inspiring people spiritually and providing aesthetic enjoyment. The resilience of wintersweet has also made it favored by many flower enthusiasts. Wintersweet bonsai has a very high artistic and ornamental value, and this article will introduce the process of making wintersweet bonsai in detail.
Material Selection and Cultivation
Using wild wintersweet old root stakes from the mountains for ground cultivation to create ancient wintersweet stakes is common and effective. The method is: select old tree stakes that have been naturally regenerated after many years of cutting, protect the roots after digging, and prune the branches. Choose a location with moderate sunlight, loose soil, and good drainage for "nurturing the embryo," and after it survives, move it to a pot for cultivation. If it is an old dogfly wintersweet stake, you can graft it with a plain-hearted wintersweet, which can be processed and shaped as needed after it survives.
Potting Process
1. Pot Selection: Wintersweet is suitable for purple sand pottery pots, and glazed pottery pots can also be used. Generally, seedlings of wintersweet often use round pots, square pots, hexagonal pots, etc., while old wintersweet stakes can use medium-depth horse trough pots or begonia pots, and cliff-style often chooses thousand-cylinder pots. Dark purple or ochre colors are preferable, to set off the wax yellow flowers and enhance their ornamental effect.
2. Soil Use: Wintersweet is not strict with soil, but well-drained sandy loam is preferred. Pot cultivation commonly uses decomposed garden soil or decomposed leaf soil mixed with 20-30% rice husk ash as the growing medium.
3. Planting: Transplanting wintersweet is often done in early spring, with the best time being around the beginning of March when the flower stems and new buds start to sprout. Generally, it is斜栽 (slanted planting) for easy shaping. Pruning can be done before planting. A sufficient amount of base fertilizer can be applied at the bottom of the pot when potting.
Shaping and Styling
The shaping and styling of wintersweet mainly involves pruning and pinching, with binding as an auxiliary method. Xiyaojia Village in Yanling County, Henan Province is known for its "Yanling wintersweet is the best in the world." Its traditional shaping arts include "screen fan梅," "wart梅," "hanging branch梅," etc., with the screen fan梅 being the most popular. The shaping process: It should be done between March and April, using the "rolling knife method" and "dragon knife method" to twist and spiral the main branches upwards. When the buds are just starting to germinate, make a diagonal cut at the point where you want to bend it, with the cut斜入 (slanted) and deep enough to reach 2/3 of the diameter of the branch. Carefully bend it so that the split upper part of the wood is supported by the lower part, prop up the newly bent main stem with a pole, and tie it with a rope. Then bend all the top ends of the branches downward. The cut should be covered with mud within one month and kept in place, with any falls promptly replaced. After the basic framework is formed, pay attention to pruning and pinching in time to maintain the screen fan shape.
Although wintersweet and plum blossoms do not belong to the same family, their blooming seasons are similar, as are their flowers and fragrance. Wintersweet is as beautiful and fragrant as red plum, so you can refer to the shaping principles of plum blossoms: "Plum is beautiful in curves, straight is without posture; beautiful in inclinations, upright is without scenery; beautiful in sparsity, dense is without character," "Plum is precious in rarity, not in abundance; precious in age, not in youth; precious in slimness, not in fatness; precious in unity, not in openness." Therefore, the main stem should be oblique and horizontal, the branches should be sparse and spreading, and the old stake should show strength. Traditional shaping, in addition to the "screen style," "wart style," and "hanging branch style" of Yanling, Henan, also includes "following the wind style," "hanging branch style," and "dragging dragon style," with modern shapes mostly in slanting trunk style and natural style.
Well, that's the whole process of making wintersweet bonsai. Friends who are interested can try making a wintersweet bonsai.
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