A Beginner's Guide To Caring For A Bonsai Tree

Bonsai is the specialized Japanese art of planting, shaping, and growing trees in a confined and controlled space. Bonsai trees are beautifully styled miniature trees that are fully grown and cultivated in small flower pots. Although a bonsai tree matures and grows like any other tree, the care taken in styling, pruning, and cultivating a bonsai allows the bonsai tree to grow to a desired height usually less than three feet tall. If you are new to bonsai, this guide will give you a general overview of some of the aspects you need to be aware of when caring for a bonsai tree. Caring for a bonsai tree requires more attention than the typical indoor or outdoor plant. For starters, most bonsai trees need a mixture of indoor and outdoor weather. Because a bonsai tree is a tree, it cannot survive long term if kept solely inside the house. At the same token, because most species of bonsai trees will die in continued direct sunlight, they can