Bonsai In Japanese Gardens

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Today will be my final post for 8 days as I am going away for a few days for some rest and recreation in Greece. As soon as I return I will be posting daily as usual. Please feel free to keep on e mailing me with your comments, questions or queries as I will be answering them all upon my return too!

The post today is a brief overview of Bonsai in Japanese gardens. Bonsai , like so many things in Japanese culture originated from China and today Bonsai is a highly respected symbol of Japanese culture and ideals.

The Japanese tend to use only their native species for bonsai- pines, azaleas, and the maple varieties. In other parts of the world people are not so ‘narrow’ in their choice of species, this can often be dictated by climate. Today bonsai is very popular all over the world and is a hobby for many thousands of people.

They use their own techniques to sculpt and shape their bonsai as well as traditional methods that have been practiced in Japan for hundred of years using bamboo canes, wire, and other methods to get the finished result.

And, you know if you want to start very small it’s easy…yesterday I was in a local garden centre and you can buy a good quality potted Bonsai tree for around £10 ( that’s approx $20), not bad at all to get you going.

On the right hand side of this page is a ‘link’ to a very good bonsai information product – take a look.

For more information about Japanese gardens go to : www.japzengardens.org

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Typical Japanese Lanterm With Foliage

Snow Capped Japanese Lantern- Photgraph David M Cobb

The Photo Gallery Is Complete!

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I have just approved the draft of my free Japanese Garden Photo gallery- 100 of the worlds greatest Japanese gardens. I am very happy with it and just need to sort out with my technical guy the file size to use etc for ease of downloading. Just to warn you I am away and not near a computer- even I need a holiday! From Tuesday 24th July to August 3rd, so no posts until then.

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Just a short post today, check out www.japangarden.co.uk this is a very good Japanese gardens website, run professionally and they ship all over the globe. everything from books to Japanese garden plants, stones etc.

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Gallery Of Photo’s Of Japanese Gardens

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Caring For Bonsai Trees In Japanese Gardens

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A Bonsai tree in a Japanese garden needs the correct amount of sun and water, Maples as I posted yesterday, need a degree of shade and not loads of sunlight. A good idea is to have your Bonsai in a pot initially and then you can move it around to avoid direct sunlight in the hottest part of the day.

Bonsai trees should never be overwatered but by the same token never be allowed to dry out either. The real key to a great looking Bonsai is in the pruning, this is a delicate proceedure but if done correctly will leave you with a fine looking authentic tree. Shaping the tree should be carried out as part of the pruning process.

Bonsai are very easy to care for and the Maple variety are absolutely ideal for beginners!

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More On Bonsai In Japanese Gardens

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Thanks for reading my Japanese gardens blog. It is packed with lots of FREE and very useful information , please take a few minutes to browse past posts- it is updated daily by the way.

Today, as promised I am posting more on Bonsai in Japanese gardens- on the right hand side of this web page I have found a really good and cheap manual for you to read about all you have to do is click on the right hand ‘Little Know Secrets Of Bonsai’ link.

The Japanese Maple ( Acer palmatum) is often known as the Japanese Mountain Maple. there are a number of types of Japanese Maples to look at and learn about. This type of Maple is perhaps the most popular bonsai maple tree, the key is the bark is rough and ages very quickly. Giving it an old authentic look.

Varieties include: Nisjiki Gawa, Nishiki sho, Ara Kawa, Nishiki Issai – these are the rough bark varieties.

Some Maples have rather unusual bark- these types include the Aoyji and Sanku maple. Dwarf maples include The Kiyo-hime and Tama-hime. It is fair to say that these grow more like bushes than trees.

There are approximately 300 hybrids of the Japanese Maple, with leaves ranging from a deep burgundy colour to light green. The are all very durable trees but grow best in moist,fertile soil and they do not like too much sun!

Tomorrow I will post on Bonsai care.

For more about Japanese gardens go to: www.japzengardens.org

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Bonsai In Japanese Gardens

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Bonsai in Japanese gardens is a BIG subject, so I thought you would find it useful for me to post stuff on the subject over the next few days. Growing and nurturing bonsai trees is a popular hobby with many people around the world- you can have them indoors or outdoors. The skill is in the shaping of the trees, and that is one of the major factors that makes Japanese gardens so unique.

One of the most popular trees for Bonsai is the Maple- particularly the Japanese Maple and The Trident Maple and that is what I am going to concentrate on over the next few days on this blog.

Maples are very tolernat of pollution and this is ceratinly true of The Trident Maple (Acer buergeranium), this makes it easy to grow in cities and towns wherever you live in the world. The Trident Maple doesn’t like frost and needs good protection, it is hardy and it’s roota have a high moisture content which in frosty climates can be a bit of a disadvantage.

Simple protection can be achieved by covering the tree in straw or putting it in a greenhouse during cold spells. In the summer find a nice sunny spot with  a little late afternoon shade.

Tomorrow I will post on the Japanese Maple and Bonsai.

Have a good day and don’t forget to find out more about Japanese gardens go to: www.japzengardens.org

Japanese Gardens Photographer William Corey

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In 1996, Williams Corey was invited by the Japanese government to officially photgraph the 3 Imperial Japanese Gardens in Japan. A great honour.

A collection of those photo’s are available to see on Williams website – www.williamcorey.com. You can order photo’s from the site too in various sizes. They are excceptional work. William has very kindly linked his site to my blog and has given me permission to post a couple of his photographs. I thank him for that.

Enjoy them and please check out William’s site , it is in my opinion the greatest collection of Japanese gardens photo’s on the internet.

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