Generally, it takes years or even decades to cultivate a high-quality tree bonsai carefully, so the price is also very expensive, which makes many friends who like bonsai flinch. Actually, I just started playing bonsai, and I don't have to spend money on it. I can collect piles in the wild by myself, and then come back to raise piles slowly, and gradually cultivate them into more ornamental bonsai. For example, the following trees are good materials for making bonsai. Friends who like bonsai can raise their hands first.
Mountain pine
Pine is a common tree species for making bonsai. There are many kinds of pine trees, such as black pine, five-needle pine and masson pine. Among them, Pinus massoniana is more common in mountainous areas, with more good piles. The branches are vigorous and simple, the needles are beautiful, and the trees are tall and straight. After being made into bonsai, it is more vigorous, free and easy, and very ornamental.
Maintenance method
Pinus taiwanensis has strong adaptability to the environment, but it is not easy to transplant. In order to ensure the survival rate of transplanting, it is best to plant it before the sap germinates in early spring. Pine trees don't need to be watered too much when piling. Don't water them until the soil in the basin is slightly dry. In hot summer, you should shade slightly and spray water frequently to cool the branches and leaves. The surviving pine bonsai can be properly controlled in the process of plant growth, because reasonable water control can make the branches thick and short, the needles short and more ornamental.
Vitex quinquefolia
Vitex negundo is an ordinary shrub, but its roots are often vigorous and rough, and its name is homophonic with gold. Putting it at home is both ornamental and meaningful. Vitex negundo mainly focuses on viewing the roots, and generally does not need plastic surgery, as long as the messy branches and leaves are properly trimmed to keep the crown plump and symmetrical.
Maintenance method
Vitex negundo has a well-developed root system and is resistant to barren and drought. Stump should be excavated in spring and autumn. Newly dug stumps should be planted as soon as possible after pruning, and cultivation piles can be planted with river sand first. In terms of conservation, the soil should be kept slightly wet at first. After the plants survive, they can be watered according to the principle of "seeing dry and seeing wet". During the germination period of plants and after pruning branches in spring, water can be properly controlled to make the branches shorter and the newly grown leaves smaller and more ornamental.
Ulmus microphylla
Elm is also a kind of elm, its leaves are smaller than ordinary elm, and the tree body is easy to form bumps. The bonsai made of trees is vigorous and simple, with natural and unrestrained posture and high ornamental value.
Maintenance method
When transplanting elm, it is best to plant it when the sap has not germinated, because in the process of excavation, if the root is damaged and there is a wound, a lot of sap will flow out, which will affect the survival rate. Therefore, during excavation, the root wounds should be reduced as much as possible, and the wounds should be sealed with wax to improve the survival rate of planting. Elm branches are soft and plastic, and the combination of pruning and climbing can be used for modeling in the later stage.
firethorn
Pyracantha fortunei is a kind of rose shrub, which has strong ornamental value, especially after the fruits are numerous. In autumn, there are small red fruits everywhere, which are beautiful, festive and attractive.
Maintenance method
Pyracantha fortuneana has strong adaptability to the environment, and it grows on barren land in the wild. After being made into bonsai, it is easier to maintain. Family potted pyracantha, or try to choose loose, fertile, breathable, good drainage sandy loam, you can use humus soil, garden soil, coarse sand, and then add a small amount of decomposed compost and mix well as culture soil. After the pyracantha fortuneana is cultivated in vivo, the overgrown branches and dead branches can be cut off during the plant growth period, so as to reduce nutrient consumption, increase ventilation and light transmission between branches and leaves, and maintain a good plant shape. In the fruit-bearing period, plants should be supplemented with dilute phosphorus and potassium once every half month or so to promote fruit development and maturity.
Chinese wolfberry
In the wild, you often meet old medlar trees that have grown for many years. Most of these old piles are well developed, intertwined, vigorous and rugged, and the branches of plants can bear medlar. When autumn is ripe, the branches are covered with red medlar, coupled with vigorous and simple root modeling, which is really interesting and very ornamental.
Maintenance method
Lycium barbarum has strong adaptability, but if the plant wants to grow vigorously and bear more fruits, it is necessary to ensure sufficient water, fertilizer and light. When watering the wolfberry bonsai at ordinary times, you should not only see the surface of the soil turn white before watering, but also avoid the phenomenon that there can be no water in the basin to avoid root rot. After the trees are formed, the watering amount should be controlled. Reducing the water supply can make the leaves smaller and the branches older, so as to increase the overall ornamental effect.