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Bonsai cultivation and care

Index Bonsai cultivation and care

Bonsai cultivation and care involves the long-term cultivation of small trees in containers, called bonsai in the Japanese tradition of this art form. [1]

48 relations: Akadama, Aluminium, Azalea, Bark (botany), Bonsai, Bonsai aesthetics, Cold frame, Copper, Cutting (plant), Deciduous, Diatomaceous earth, Expanded clay aggregate, Fruit tree forms, Garden centre, Grafting, Granular material, Gravel, Greenhouse, Hardiness (plants), Hardiness zone, Hòn Non Bộ, Indoor bonsai, Layering, Leaf, Lignin, Lime sulfur, List of species used in bonsai, Niwaki, Nutrient, Peat, Penjing, Perennial plant, Petiole (botany), Plant nursery, Pumice, Ramification (botany), Saikei, Sand, Shade tolerance, Snag (ecology), Soil, Temperate climate, Topiary, Transpiration, Tree, Tree line, Umbrella term, Urban exploration.

Akadama

is a naturally occurring, granular clay-like mineral used as soil for bonsai trees and other container-grown plants.

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Aluminium

Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Azalea

Azaleas are flowering shrubs in the genus Rhododendron, particularly the former sections Tsutsuji (evergreen) and Pentanthera (deciduous).

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Bark (botany)

Bark is the outermost layers of stems and roots of woody plants.

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Bonsai

(tray planting) is a Japanese art form using cultivation techniques to produce small trees in containers that mimic the shape and scale of full size trees.

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Bonsai aesthetics

Bonsai aesthetics are the aesthetic goals and characteristics of the Japanese tradition in the art of growing a miniature tree in a container.

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Cold frame

In agriculture and gardening, a cold frame is a transparent-roofed enclosure, built low to the ground, used to protect plants from adverse weather, primarily excessive cold or wet.

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from cuprum) and atomic number 29.

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Cutting (plant)

A plant cutting is a piece of a plant that is used in horticulture for vegetative (asexual) propagation.

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Deciduous

In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous (/dɪˈsɪdʒuəs/) means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.

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Diatomaceous earth

Diatomaceous earth – also known as D.E., diatomite, or kieselgur/kieselguhr – is a naturally occurring, soft, siliceous sedimentary rock that is easily crumbled into a fine white to off-white powder.

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Expanded clay aggregate

Lightweight expanded clay aggregate (LECA) or expanded clay (exclay) is a light weight aggregate made by heating clay to around in a rotary kiln.

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Fruit tree forms

Fruit trees are grown in a variety of shapes, sometimes to please the eye but mainly to encourage fruit production.

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Garden centre

A garden centre is a retail operation that sells plants and related products for the domestic garden as its primary business.

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Grafting

Grafting or graftage is a horticultural technique whereby tissues of plants are joined so as to continue their growth together.

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Granular material

A granular material is a conglomeration of discrete solid, macroscopic particles characterized by a loss of energy whenever the particles interact (the most common example would be friction when grains collide).

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Gravel

Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments.

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Greenhouse

A greenhouse (also called a glasshouse) is a structure with walls and roof made mainly of transparent material, such as glass, in which plants requiring regulated climatic conditions are grown.

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Hardiness (plants)

Hardiness of plants describes their ability to survive adverse growing conditions.

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Hardiness zone

A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined to encompass a certain range of climatic conditions relevant to plant growth and survival.

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Hòn Non Bộ

Hòn Non Bộ is the Vietnamese art of making miniature landscapes, imitating the scenery of the islands, mountains and surrounding environment as found in nature.

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Indoor bonsai

Indoor bonsai are bonsai which are cultivated for the indoor environment.

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Layering

Layering has evolved as a common means of vegetative propagation of numerous species in natural environments.

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Leaf

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.

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Lignin

Lignin is a class of complex organic polymers that form important structural materials in the support tissues of vascular plants and some algae. Lignins are particularly important in the formation of cell walls, especially in wood and bark, because they lend rigidity and do not rot easily. Chemically, lignins are cross-linked phenolic polymers.

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Lime sulfur

In horticulture, lime sulfur (British spelling lime sulphur) is a mixture of calcium polysulfides formed by reacting calcium hydroxide with sulfur, used in pest control.

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List of species used in bonsai

List of species commonly used in bonsai.

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Niwaki

is the Japanese word for "garden trees".

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Nutrient

A nutrient is a substance used by an organism to survive, grow, and reproduce.

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Peat

Peat, also called turf, is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter that is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs.

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Penjing

Penjing, also known as penzai, is the ancient Chinese art of depicting artistically formed trees, other plants, and landscapes in miniature.

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Perennial plant

A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.

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Petiole (botany)

In botany, the petiole is the stalk that attaches the leaf blade to the stem.

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Plant nursery

A nursery is a place where plants are propagated and grown to usable size.

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Pumice

Pumice, called pumicite in its powdered or dust form, is a volcanic rock that consists of highly vesicular rough textured volcanic glass, which may or may not contain crystals.

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Ramification (botany)

In botany, ramification is the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, i.e. trunk into branches, branches into increasingly smaller branches, etc.

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Saikei

literally translates as "planted landscape".

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Sand

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.

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Shade tolerance

In ecology, shade tolerance refers to a plant's ability to tolerate low light levels.

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Snag (ecology)

In forest ecology, a snag refers to a standing, dead or dying tree, often missing a top or most of the smaller branches.

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Soil

Soil is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support life.

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Temperate climate

In geography, the temperate or tepid climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes, which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth.

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Topiary

Topiary is the horticultural practice of training perennial plants by clipping the foliage and twigs of trees, shrubs and subshrubs to develop and maintain clearly defined shapes, whether geometric or fanciful.

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Transpiration

Transpiration is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers.

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Tree

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species.

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Tree line

The tree line is the edge of the habitat at which trees are capable of growing.

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Umbrella term

An umbrella term is a word or phrase that covers a wide range of concepts belonging to a common category.

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Urban exploration

Urban exploration (often shortened as UE, urbex and sometimes known as roof-and-tunnel hacking) is the exploration of man-made structures, usually abandoned ruins or not usually seen components of the man-made environment.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonsai_cultivation_and_care

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