The Art of Bonsai

Tag: syconia

  • Identifying a fig’s proper name

    One of the real difficulties that I deal with every day is how to identify a fig in someone’s collection. Simply put this is frequently a very difficult task. There are many plant characteristics that botanists use to ID a plant. One of the really important characteristics would be  the syconia or figs of that plant.…

  • Ficus burtt-davyi

    Ficus burtt-davyi is one of the figs that is not too infrequently used for bonsai. There are many cultivars of this fig differentiated by small, medium or large leaves. Even the large leaf form has leaves that are only two or three inches in length. One of the great attributes of this fig is that…