Banyan Style Bonsai

Trees that form aerial roots are tropical and are most vigorous when the tree is.

Banyan style bonsai. They grow aerial roots that grow down to the ground. Ficus nerifolia bonsai tree have you ever driven down that old road in an old town and these trees that cover the streets and they have tons of these huge ariel roots coming off the branches to the ground well those are more than likely banyan trees especially if you see them here in south florida. Keep heavy foliage in the. The trunk is straight and upright and does not continue to the top of the tree.

The parts that were trimmed off. Many varieties are natural dwarfs. 13 tall from soil line. It can be grown indoors and outdoors.

Mist the entire tree along with the soil when it is time to water the tree. Amazon s choice for banyan bonsai brussel s bonsai live gensing grafted ficus indoor bonsai tree 4 years old 6 to 8 tall with plastic grower pot small 4 2 out of 5 stars 21. We can use inosculation to make a banyan style bonsai. 36 year old hawaiian umbrella exposed roots banyan style specimen bonsai tree 520 00.

Ficus is a very hardy tree that is particularly great for banyan style bonsai. High humidity and moisture accumulation. Banyan trees are trees that start their lives as epiphytes. Ficus burt davyii common name.

Ficus is one of the most popular trees for indoor bonsai. There are hundreds of species most of them tropical and evergreen although some are deciduous. Broom style bonsai hokidachi the broom style is suited for deciduous trees with extensive fine branching. And quite often those branches have aerial roots dropping into the soil.

I have a full garbage bag one clipping in a pot hoping it roots replaces the main stem which is now ready to start life as a banyan style ficus bonsai. So what is banyan style. Here is the series. Notice the ficus growing behind the banana tree in the foreground.

My tree doesn t have an abundance of aerial roots but just enough to be tasteful. These roots overlap and fuse creating a multilayered trunk. It is a tree form that features a short wide tree usually wider than tall with an expansive canopy and low spreading branches. Burt davyii ficus specifics.

Year hawaiian old 36 bonsai tree umbrella specimen banyan roots exposed style style exposed roots year umbrella specimen tree hawaiian banyan 36 old bonsai. Keep the tree in warm temperatures. Some pictures were demanded in different threads. How to make banyan bonsai 1.