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Ramification Process

Posted by Gerard Sevilla on Tuesday, August 25, 2009,

Ramification (botany)

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Naturally-occurring ramification helps gives these conifers a regular, cone-shaped outline.
For other uses, see Ramification.

In botany, ramification is the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, i.e. trunk into branches, branches into increasingly smaller branches, etc. Gardeners stimulate the process of ramification through pruning, thereby making trees, shrubs and...


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Driftwood Technique on Bonsai

Posted by Gerard Sevilla on Tuesday, August 25, 2009,

Deadwood bonsai techniques

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 Please help improve this article by expanding it. Further information might be found on the talk page. (June 2008)
A Dwarf Japanese Juniper (Juniperus procumbens 'Nana') bonsai on display. Multiple deadwood styles have been used on this tree.

Bonsai listen (help·info) (Japanese: 盆栽, literally "potted plant") is the art of miniaturization of trees by growing them in conta...


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Penjing

Posted by Gerard Sevilla on Tuesday, August 25, 2009,

Penjing

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Penjing in root-over-rock style on display at the Chinese Penjing Collection of the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum in Washington, DC

Penjing (Chinese: 盆景; pinyin: pén jǐng; literally "tray scenery"), also known as penzai (Chinese: 盆栽; pinyin: pén zāi; literally "tray plant"), tray landscape, potted scenery, potted landscape, and miniature trees and rockery is the ...


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The Ponderosa Pine

Posted by Gerard Sevilla on Tuesday, August 25, 2009,

Ponderosa Pine

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Ponderosa Pine

Pinus ponderosa subsp. ponderosa Identification Guide
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Pinus
Subgenus: Pinus
Species: P. ponderosa
Binomial name
Pinus ponderosa...

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Bonsai History

Posted by Gerard Sevilla on Tuesday, August 25, 2009,

Bonsai

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Bonsai at garden show in Tatton Park (Cheshire)
112 year old bonsai example, from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

Bonsai (help·info) (盆栽?) (lit. bon-planted) is the art of aesthetic miniaturization of trees, or of developing woody or semi-woody plants shaped as trees, by growing them in containers. Cultivation includes techniques for shaping, watering...


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