Inspiring Bonsai Progression Articles

From toilet to the top

Source : kaizenbonsai.com

Making A Mini Landscape / Penjing / Saikei

Penjing bonsai tutorial by Leong Kwong

https://vimeo.com/52740420

Articles On Bonsai Pots

Making small bonsai pots with cement


Choosing a Pot Plant Container – The Pros and Cons


How To Make Bonsai Pots


 From clay to Bonsai Pot - the process of pottery explained


 Why use good pots ? - Part 1

Awesome Articles On Mini (Mame) Bonsai

The hows and whys of bonsai sand trays

Source : whitebearbonsai.com

How to make mini bonsai ?
Source : fukubonsai.com

White Lead Tree No.3

Tree species : White Lead Tree (Leucaena Leucocephala / Su-babul)
Collected on : Aug 13, 2015

I found a few trees of this weedy species, uprooted and discarded by the gardeners of our residential complex. I cut down the almost 6 ft high trunk with a hacksaw blade. 

 

I would not have bothered digging up such a tall and straight tree for bonsai but this literally fell into my lap. And the other 2 trees were split vertically along the trunk. Perfect for a damaged bonsai tree ! I planted all 3 into one pot in some unfiltered sand (bad, poor drainage) collected from roadside. 

Raft Bonsai Style - Video

Source : Pampanga Talents

Raft Style

Tree species : White Lead Tree (Leucaena Leucocephala / Su-babul)
Collected on : mid Sept, 2015

I found this sapling growing like a bent coconut tree, with few leaves at the tip and nothing else. It was easily uprooted from a heap of sand, the roots pruned and the leaves at the tip removed completely but slowly over 1-2 weeks. This led to sufficient back branching. A small weight is added at the tip to keep the main trunk horizontal. This will be grown in a raft style. It is not a cascade style, though it might be mistaken for it, at present.

White Lead Tree Seedling

Tree species : White Lead Tree (Leucaena Leucocephala / Su-babul)
Sprouted around : Aug 7, 2015

While my 2 root cuttings died, this seedling sprouted on its own, in the garden soil that I had collected for the root specimen.

Amazing growth in just 4 months from a seed ! 52 inches tall from soil surface, trunk as thick as pencil.

Dec 16, 2015

Peepal Tree Seedling For Mini Bonsai

Tree species : Ficus Religiosa
Sprouted around : mid Sept, 2015 at home

This is Part 1. Read Part 2 & Part 3. 

Before

Now

The original plant in this plastic cup had died and was thrown away. I kept watering only because a grass had sprouted, providing some greenery in my nursery. Then on Oct 1, 2015 I realized that this tiny plant on the right was a Peepal tree seedling and not a weed, since I saw young leaves on another Peepal tree branch.

Creeper - Mini Bonsai

Creeper species : Unknown

Collected on : Sept 16, 2015

Before

Now June, 2016

I don't remember why I took this creeper. I found it uprooted near my car parking area. Maybe out of curiosity since it was just lying on the ground. The parent creeper has reached an adults height on another shrub.

White Lead Tree - Dec

Tree species : White Lead Tree (Leucaena Leucocephala / Su-babul)
Collected on : Dec 1, 2015
Season : Early winter, 18-33°C temperature range

This plant was growing new shoots just like springtime and hence, I decided to collect this species despite early winter. 

White Lead Tree cuttings - Nov

Tree species : White Lead Tree (Leucaena Leucocephala / Su-babul)
Collected on : Nov 26, 2015
Season : Early winter, 18-33°C temperature range

I collected these highly ramified and dense tree tops for mini bonsai. They were short (waist high) due to repeated branch breaking by people over the years. I just broke the top section by hand and brought them home for further pruning.