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What is an Outdoor Bonsai
Bonsai trees and plants are basically
trees and plants that are pruned and
trimmed to keep their size minimal. The
trees and plants relish the practise
because they get a lot of care and
attention and have a lifespan similar,
even greater in some cases, than their
wild counterparts. Indoor Bonsai can be
bought from virtually anywhere in the
world and the increase in popularity has
seen a large increase in the number of
specialist shops dedicated to the growing
and caring of Bonsai.
Outdoor Bonsai can be grown in a small
area of your garden, and some of the most
healthy Bonsai in the world are outdoor
Bonsai. However, it is important that you
should try to buy outdoor Bonsai from a
shop close to home, thus ensuring that
your specimen can cope with the
conditions you are going to force it to
endure. If you live in a baking hot state
in America and are considering buying
over the Internet, you shouldn’t be
buying a Bonsai from a cold climatic
country, as there is a good chance it
will not thrive in your area.
Do outdoor Bonsai need less care than
indoor Bonsai?
Just because you are growing your Bonsai
in a small area of your garden
doesn’t mean you should or indeed
can forget about them and just expect
them to maintain their miniature height
or grow at all. A Bonsai that isn’t
trimmed and cut will cease to be a Bonsai
and will simply become a tree, presuming
there is room for the roots to grow;
it’s amazing exactly where your
roots will dig to, they will often find a
way through or around concrete, rocks and
even other plants and trees so be very
careful where you situate it.
If you are growing your outdoor Bonsai in
a pot, which is the most common and
sensible way to do it, then you should
never bring it indoors. No matter how ill
it looks it will undoubtedly not enjoy
the sudden change in conditions and even
the most healthy and hardy of Bonsai can
only withstand a day, possibly two at the
very most, indoors as a centre piece. It
is very important to remember this, do
not bring an outdoor Bonsai indoors for
longer than one day every season.
Bringing your Bonsai in during the winter
and putting it next to the blazing hot
heater is undoubtedly going to scorch the
leaves and the roots, and your plant will
probably die from dehydration. The
reverse is also true, bringing a Bonsai
in from the heat and leaving it next to
the Air Conditioning unit is the
equivalent of a shock frost in summer and
will also kill your Bonsai.
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