The Art of Bonsai

Tag: leaf

  • Ficus palmeri

    Ficus palmeri is a fig native to Baja and Mexico. It is often found growing in seasonally dry areas and adapts to times of drought by losing its leaves and storing water in its trunk. The trunk and basal roots are often found plastered over rocky areas with the roots draping down rock faces and…

  • Ficus virens, the White or Spotted Fig

    One of my favorite of the larger leaf figs is Ficus virens, commonly called the White or Spotted fig. Although the species has larger leaves that make creating small sized bonsai difficult, it can be done. Ficus virens is quite suitable for larger bonsai. It has attractive leaves that in some cultivars can  be quite…