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- To make a Japanese cherry like bonsai
- The attractive flower makes the Japanese cherry blossom a particularly attractive bonsai material
- Select the correct subtype
- Tips
The Japanese cherry tree is also in beautiful bonsai outside its heyday
To make a Japanese cherry like bonsai
If the cherry tree in the garden despite great blooms without tasty fruits remains, then it can sometimes be an ornamental cherry of the plant Prunus serrulata. Although these do not produce usable fruit, they can be raised to attractive bonsai forms, much like apple trees and lemon trees.
The attractive flower makes the Japanese cherry blossom a particularly attractive bonsai material
The Japanese cherry tree also adorns the stem and on thicker branches with numerous pink flowers, before even the first green leaves expire. Even not really hardy varieties should be kept in a cool winter, so that it comes to a lush flowering.
Select the correct subtype
Several subspecies of Prunus serrulata are also hardy in this country and can be cultivated as bonsai in the field. In order for the education to shapely bonsai promises success, should be paid to the purchase of a young plant on the following factors:
Tips
When strapping your budding bonsai out of a Japanese cherry tree, make sure to protect the trunk with special raffia tape from injury from the wire. Otherwise, unwanted traces of wiring may occur in the bark of the plant.