What kind of bonsai to start with?
What makes a bonsai expensive?
What is a good kind of bonsai to have?
Thank you for your help
2006-11-26 15:21:45 · 7 answers · asked by Sebinla 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Almost any woody perennial plant can be trained into a bonsai. A good starter is a small (one foot or less) young cedar, as they are common and easy to work with, and allow for a beginner's mistakes. I have been working with young oaks recently. A bonsai is expensive when it is a more mature specimen, and you are paying for the time and expertise that went into producing it to that result. There are bonsai that are hundreds of years old, passed from one generation to the next. A good kind to have is an established one, but you must possess the knowledge in order to maintain it to meet its ongoing needs. There are wiring techniques using different guages of wire; potting, pruning, and root pruning techniques, even removal of leaves during the growing season to achieve and maintain its dwarf size. Bonsai are classed as such if trained from 4 feet or less, but most are smaller. This is a fascinating, rewarding hobby that is a great stress reliever, and it is highly recommended that someone who has an interest in bonsai read up on the various techniques before attempting to keep or produce one. There are many great sources out there. Chapters Books is always a good source, a web search will yield much information, too. Good luck.
2006-11-26 17:07:17 · answer #1 · answered by steviewag 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You really need a book
I have had many and all is great, in the summer but when you bring them in for the winter every thing changes (I live in New England). They require a lot of air flow and humidity, something a dry heated house does not have.
Part of the expense is Bonsai is not just a trimmed tree but the root system needs to be trimmed to keep it proportional to the tree size.
2006-11-26 23:31:08 · answer #2 · answered by wiz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
any of the pre made cedar bonsai trees they sell at home depot stores are fine. they cost so much because they take time to train them into the bonsai shape before they are sold. be sure to read up on how to continue training the plant to retain its bonsainess
2006-11-26 23:27:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
There are losts of different types
here is a site that can help you with chooseing and a takeing care of one
http://www.bonsaisite.com/
2006-11-27 01:11:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
japanese hornbeam forest bonsai tree,because it is cute, small and attractive
2006-11-26 23:28:17 · answer #5 · answered by iwantapug 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you want to you can buy a yearling online.
2006-11-26 23:27:19 · answer #6 · answered by gibbyguys 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
full grown if you can get one
they are expensive cause they are native to japan not america
a good one would be one thats alive
2006-11-26 23:24:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋