Bonsai Trees Care

You’ve surely seen the beautiful Bonsai tree somewhere in your life, even if only watching Mr. Miagi on the Karate Kid. It’s probably likely that if there’s a Japanese restaurant in your town, then you’ve sent them there. The art and dedication that it takes to plant and do the necessary upkeep with a Bonsai Tree is enormous, and sometimes much too daunting for those with a green thumb.
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Have you ever thought about growing your own Bonsai tree but changed your mind because you thought it was either too costly, or maybe too difficult? Well that’s what I thought anyway. However, when I looked into it I discovered that growing a Bonsai tree is not really different from growing any other tree.
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Bonsai is a Japanese word, it translates as “tree in a pot”. Nevertheless, bonsai trees didn’t come from Japan, but originated in China during the Chou dynasty (900-250 B.C.). It was many years later that Zen Buddhists established the bonsai tree in Japan. (Zen also is a Chinese import to Japan, the original spelling is Ch’en). Initially, these trees in a pot were grown from one specific species of tree; today a bonsai tree may be cultivated in miniature form from almost any type of tree.
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