How to make a wintersweet bonsai
A little knowledge to share with you on how to make wintersweet bonsai and the detailed method of wintersweet bonsai making, the following is introduced by the editor of this site.
The wintersweet blooms in the midst of winter when all other flowers have withered, defying the cold and frost, reflecting the indomitable character of the Chinese nation in the face of adversity, giving people spiritual enlightenment and aesthetic enjoyment. This resilience of wintersweet also makes it favored by many flower enthusiasts. Wintersweet bonsai has very high artistic and ornamental value, and this article will introduce the process of making wintersweet bonsai in detail.
Selection and Cultivation
Using the wild wintersweet old roots from the mountains to cultivate under the ground to make ancient wintersweet stakes is common and effective. The method is: select old tree stakes that have been cut for many years, protect the root system after digging them up, prune the branches, and choose a place with moderate sunlight, loose soil, and good drainage for "nursery." After they survive, they are moved to the pot for cultivation. If it is an old dogfly wintersweet stake, you can graft it with a plain wintersweet, and it can be processed and shaped as needed after it survives.
Potting Process
1. Pot Selection: Wintersweet is suitable for using purple sand pottery pots, or glazed pottery pots. Generally, seedlings of wintersweet often use round pots, square pots, hexagonal pots, etc., and old wintersweet stakes can use medium-deep horse trough pots or begonia pots, while cliff-style often uses thousand-tube pots. Deep purple or ocher red colors are better to set off the yellow flowers and enhance their ornamental effect.
2. Soil Use: Wintersweet is not picky about soil, but a sandy loam with good drainage is preferred. Pot culture often uses ripe garden soil or decomposed leaf soil mixed with 20-30% rice hull 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 new buds are sprouting. Generally, it should be planted diagonally to facilitate shaping. Pruning can be done before planting. When potting, a sufficient amount of base fertilizer can be applied at the bottom of the pot.
Shaping and Styling
The shaping and styling of wintersweet are mainly done through pruning and pinching, with wiring as a secondary method. Xiyaojia Village in Yanshi County, Henan Province is known as "Yanshi wintersweet is the best in the world." Its traditional shaping arts include "Screen Fan 梅," "Bump 梅," "Hanging Branch 梅," etc., with the Screen Fan 梅 being the most popular. The shaping process: It is best 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 beginning to germinate, make a diagonal cut at the point to be bent, with the cut斜入, reaching 2/3 of the diameter of the branch. Carefully bend it, so that the upper part of the split wood rests on the lower part, support the new bend of the main trunk with a pole, and tie it with a rope. Then, bend all the top branches downward. The cut should be covered with mud within one month and kept from falling off, and replenished if it falls off. After the basic framework is formed, attention should be paid 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 periods are similar, and their flowers and fragrance are also similar. Wintersweet is as beautiful and fragrant as red plum, so it can refer to the shaping principles of plum blossoms: "Plum is beautiful when curved, ugly when straight, beautiful when slanting, without scenery when upright, beautiful when sparse, without character when dense," "Plum is precious for being rare, not for being abundant, precious for being old, not for being young, precious for being thin, not for being fat, precious for being united, not for being open." Therefore, the main trunk should be diagonal and horizontal, the branches and leaves should be sparse, and the old stakes should show vigor. Traditional shaping includes "Screen Style," "Bump Style," "Hanging Branch Style," "Following the Wind Style," "Drooping Branch Style," and "Dragon Winding Style," etc., with current shaping focusing on diagonal trunk style and natural style.
Alright, the above is the whole process of making wintersweet bonsai, and friends who are interested can try making a wintersweet bonsai.
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