The Art of Bonsai

Tag: fusion

  • Fusion

    Many of us do not have easy access to larger materials and must use small plants or cuttings to develop their bonsai. One way to utilize smaller material is to cultivate cuttings from a desirable plant. In this case it is a Ficus concinna with lovely new foliage that is quite red in color. I…

  • Creating a new branch with fusion

    Creating a new branch with fusion

    In this Ficus microcarpa ‘melon seed’ I needed a left side branch. As you can see in image 1 there is no branch. Fortunately, several small branches sprouted in the right spot and to speed the development of the branch three of the sprouts were tied together with cable ties, image 2. Two of the…

  • Ficus tremula, root cutting, progression

     

  • How to get a thicker branch

    In order to get a thicker branch on a bonsai fig it would mean getting the branch to grow faster and have more leaves than other branches on the tree. Another way is to fuse several branches together to achieve greater thickness.

  • Creating something from nothing

  • Fusing a fig tree

    Using fusion to improve a fig tree is a valuable technique. However, it is necessary to use genetically identical material or the fusion my show differences in bark, leaf, etc. that can detract from the uniformity and believability of the design. In this case seedlings of Ficus virens while very young were fused to create…

  • Fusing Ficus

    One of my favorite techniques to obtain larger material is to fuse young rooted cutting together. I use cuttings all taken from the same mother plant so that the bark, leaves and general character of the fused plant will be completely the same. In this way I can develop larager plants since my growing space…

  • Some steps in creating a bonsai from raw material

    This is a young plant grown from a root cutting of a Ficus natalensis. The root cutting sprouted three branches. To develop a new apex and create a better transition to the new apex, two of the sprouts were pulled together with electrical ties. A month or two passed and the ties were removed. The…

  • Ficus virens/infectoria

    Seed grown and kept close together these trees are now fused at the base. I think this might be called a clump style. Ficus virens is the species but in some areas it is called infectoria. Leaves removed to show the nice branch structure that is developing.

  • The early steps in bonsai creation

    In creating a bonsai from rought stock there are some typical steps in the process.     Low branches have been kep to help thicken the lower trunk. Once again the tree will be allowed to grow wildly until it is time to select branches to keep and branches to remove and some preliminary wiring…