Ficus Bonsai Exposed Roots
Nebari a very important aspect of a bonsai is its nebari or.
Ficus bonsai exposed roots. You can cut them off if they grow where you don t want or use them to add character or to add to the nebari around the trunk if you want. Grown and trained in the exposed roots style. New miniature cultivar of the popular ficus benjamina with smaller leaves and very dark green color and compact growth habit. It s been almost one year since i started caring for an exposed root green island ficus.
Many ficus are happy to grow aerial roots if the humidity is high enough. It is one of the adaptations that makes them successful in the high humid rainforests where most grow naturally. Ficus respond best to repotting when the weather is warm so i figured july would be a good time to work on the tree. Out of stock new miniature cultivar of the popular ficus benjamina with smaller leaves and very dark green color and compact growth habit.
The core concept in exposed root is that the roots aesthetically replace the trunk or augment the lower portion of it. Great for indoors in lower or higher lighting conditions. By regularly pruning the downward growing roots or by applying a propagation technique. I pruned the tree toward the end of summer last year and have been waiting until this year to repot it see cutback and wiring for photos of last year s work.
Similar to trident maple many ficus species fuse well and create good woody roots. Young japanese black pines in spring 2016 after creating exposed root apparatus. Great for indoors in lower or higher lighting conditions. Root flare the surface roots that provide visual balance to a tree.
Grown and trained in the exposed roots style.