Last weekend I had the opportunity to visit Lynn McEntire and learn how to plant a living miniature container garden. After enjoying a poolside luncheon near her beautiful in-ground miniature garden, we got started!
Miniature Garden Guidebook: For Beautiful Rock Gardens, Container Plantings, Bonsai, Garden Railways
Small trees grown in containers, like bonsai, require specialized care.[62] Unlike houseplants and other subjects of container gardening, tree species in the wild, in general, grow roots up to several meters long and root structures encompassing several thousand liters of soil. In contrast, a typical bonsai container is under 25 centimeters in its largest dimension and 2 to 10 liters in volume. Branch and leaf (or needle) growth in trees is also of a larger scale in nature. Wild trees typically grow 5 meters or taller when mature, whereas the largest bonsai rarely exceed 1 meter and most specimens are significantly smaller. These size differences affect maturation, transpiration, nutrition, pest resistance, and many other aspects of tree biology. Maintaining the long-term health of a tree in a container requires some specialized care techniques:
With proper care and the right growing conditions, juniper bonsai trees can live to be over 100 years old."}},"@type": "Question","name": "What is the difference between a juniper plant and a juniper bonsai?","acceptedAnswer": "@type": "Answer","text": "Nothing! Juniper bonsai is simply juniper shrubs that have been grown, pruned, and trained to resemble bonsai trees.","@type": "Question","name": "What are alternatives to juniper for bonsai trees?","acceptedAnswer": "@type": "Answer","text": "There are several other species commonly used as bonsai, including weeping fig, Japanese maple, Japanese cherry, deodar cedar, and dwarf jade."]}]}] .icon-garden-review-1fill:#b1dede.icon-garden-review-2fill:none;stroke:#01727a;stroke-linecap:round;stroke-linejoin:round > buttonbuttonThe Spruce The Spruce's Instagram The Spruce's TikTok The Spruce's Pinterest The Spruce's Facebook NewslettersClose search formOpen search formSearch DecorRoom Design
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