How to care for a flowing beard tree bonsai
The editor answers for everyone how to care for a flowing beard tree bonsai and the knowledge of caring for a potted flowing beard tree, and the editor will explain in detail for you below.
Flower Bonsai Network Introduction: Is anyone growing a flowing beard tree? If you haven't heard of this name, then you must have heard of its alias, April Snow. The flowing beard tree looks very beautiful, and it is often used to make tree trunk bonsais. Today, let's take a look at the creation and care methods for old trunk flowing beard tree bonsais.
The flowing beard tree is also known as the flowing sparse tree, tea tree, or April Snow. It is a deciduous large shrub or small tree that can grow up to 20 meters tall, with a gray trunk, fine, fragmented, flaky bark that splits. The bark of the large branches often peels off like paper, spreads out, and the young branches have short pubescence. The leaves are opposite, ovate to obovate-elliptic, entire or sometimes with small teeth. The paniculate inflorescence is large and loose, borne at the tip of the lateral branches, dioecious; the flowers are white, the corolla is united, with the apex divided into 4 lobes, broadly linear and drooping. The flowering period is from April to May, with a faint fragrance. The drupe is ovoid, dark blue-black, maturing in early autumn.
The flowing beard tree enjoys sunlight, is drought-resistant, somewhat shade-tolerant, does not tolerate waterlogging; fears drought during the flowering period; grows slowly, has a long lifespan, and grows best in sunny, fertile, and well-drained soil.
Methods for cultivating flowing beard trees
Flowing beard trees can generally be propagated by播种 or cutting methods. The seeds of flowing beard trees are usually sown in autumn after collection, or stored in sand and sown in the following spring. Cuttings are usually carried out during the plum rain season each year, selecting robust semi-mature branches from the flowing beard tree each year. Cut them into 30 cm long cuttings, then plant half of them in sandy loam soil, making sure to provide shade and ventilation, maintain soil moisture, prevent high temperatures and sunburn, and avoid waterlogging. When the cuttings of the flowing beard tree have rooted, you can start to let the trees receive some sunlight in the morning and evening, gradually increasing the amount of sunlight. Generally, after 3 years, the seedlings of the flowing beard tree can be transplanted in spring and autumn with the root ball intact. During cultivation, special attention should be paid to the aesthetic shape of the tree, and proper pruning and top-dressing can make the branches lush and the flowers abundant and beautiful.
Creating a flowing beard tree bonsai
You can dig up wild old flowing beard tree stumps, usually selecting short, strange, ancient, twisted, and preferably plants with exposed roots. You can dig them up after the leaves fall and before they sprout. Trim the main roots of the flowing beard tree, remove some branches, then place the tree in a pot to cultivate. After the flowing beard tree has survived, you can shape it according to the shape of the trunk and the desired form using metal wire. You can train the flowing beard tree into beautiful postures such as straight trunk, double trunk, oblique trunk, curved trunk, and elevated roots.
The flowing beard tree has lush branches and leaves, with the tree full of white flowers in spring and summer, the petals narrow and linear. Shaped like a flowing beard, it is very beautiful and suitable for planting around buildings or in gardens. You can also select old stumps to create tree trunk bonsais to be placed on balconies and indoors for appreciation.
The tender leaves of the flowing beard tree can also be used to replace tea for drinking, with a delicious and refreshing taste, so people also call it the tea tree. The fruits of the flowing beard tree are rich in oil and can be used for oil extraction and also for industrial purposes. The wood of the flowing beard tree is hard and fine, suitable for making furniture and utensils. In horticulture, the flowing beard tree can be used as a rootstock for grafting osmanthus and syringa.
The above is a comprehensive explanation of how to care for a flowing beard tree bonsai and the knowledge of caring for a potted flowing beard tree, hoping to help you.