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Seems like if we can breed miniature trees we should also be able to breed pretty miniature flowers. Imagine a plant terrarium with small hills covered in tiny tulips, rose, daisies, etc.. The 'Sound of Music' could play softly in the background while you meditate on this miniature landscape.
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Ear Lobe Botany
Make sure to click on the picture link. [Worldgineer, Nov 11 2005]
I don't know it, but I imagine you would choose to bonsai a tree with naturally small leaves,
http://www.evergree...ks.com/leafsize.htm
[po, Nov 11 2005]
Japanese Flowering Quince
http://www.bonsainl.nl/BPG/BS_A0146.HTM
[Worldgineer, Nov 11 2005]
Bonsai Roses
http://www.comfycou...com/images/bon1.jpg
[DrCurry, Nov 11 2005]
Crab-apple bonsai
http://www.bonsainl.nl/BPG/BS_A0136.HTM
Note size of apples. [UnaBubba, Nov 11 2005]
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Not only would it be the cutest thing ever, it would also be very ueful for people that have no real garden! You can ust have a 2x2ft mini-garden.. :) |
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There should be a tiny pond with tiny koi carps as well.. ;) |
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Yes, as an apartment dweller, I like the idea and the tiny koi pond as well! [+] |
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+ What [po] and [akumabito] said. |
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What about an entire mini ecosystem? |
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I propose a 'bonsai for all'. |
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"Seems like if we can breed miniature trees
we should also be able to breed pretty
miniature flowers." |
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[boring interlude]
Bonsai are not bred to be miniature. They
are genetically normal trees stunted by
confinement and trimming
of the root system. As far as I am aware
flowers and leaves stay fairly normally
sized. |
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(picturing a tiny, stunted rose bush with one gigantically normal sized rose bud) |
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Put a tiny willow tree by the pond! |
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Bonsai is not about miniature landscapes. That is really suiseki (literally "tray landscape", a term coined by Yoshimura in about 1953) and it already involves some flowering plants. Many people use the term bonsai, but it is incorrect. |
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Flowers and fruit are really difficult to miniaturise though leaves react well, especially if they get lots of sunlight and the tree is well fertilised. Take a look at photo~s of Chinese Quince or Nagasaki Crab-apple bonsai in fruit, to see what happens with small, fruiting bonsai. |
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The root pruning is more about promoting the growth of fine roots (the ones that do all of the feeding of the plant) and removing the heavy, woody roots. |
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Misread as bonsai babies. |
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Babies are just bonsai people :) |
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