Bonsai Bodhi - Bonsai Nature | Ideas for Bonsai

It has attractive shiny heart shaped foliage that appears in bronze color which later turns into glossy green as the leaves mature.

Bonsai bodhi. Specific bonsai care guidelines for the ficus bonsai position. Indoor and outdoor bonsai. The bodhi or bo tree ficus religiosa is also known as the peepal or peepul tree. Has anyone done this before.

Ficus religiosa bonsai come from ficus religiosa trees native to indian continents and southwest china. They can reach 100 feet in height with a crown up to 100 feet across. The ficus bonsai tree is an indoor bonsai which cannot endure frost. The lars anderson bonsai collection at the arnold arboretum in boston has some bonsai trees from the 18th century.

Grows 5 distinct trees the included bonsai seeds packets let you grow five different types of bonsai trees including a maple bodhi elm juniper yew. I am going to grow from seed i m waiting for the seeds to be delivered and i ll post pictures in this thread of the different stages of development over the next year or so from sowing to seedling to hopefully a nice sized bonsai. The word bonsai means a pot bon that holds a plant or plantings sai. Also the leaves can be easily reduced in bonsai culture.

More commonly known in other countries as a sacred fig ficus religiosa is actually a variety of fig trees that belong to the mulberry family. The bodhi is a tough plant that grows fast and forms aerial roots. I am going to try and grow a bodhi tree as a giant bonsai for my house. If so any tips or pictures.

It was beneath the sweeping branches of the bodhi ficus religiosa that the buddha sat for 49 days before receiving enlightenment. This very large fig with heart shaped evergreen leaves can grow. Bodhi trees are long lived and one indian specimen is said to be over 3 000 years old. We are a group of bonsai lovers committed to promoting this art in and around chennai.

Introduction to bodhi the chennai bonsai association bodhi the chennai bonsai association is a registered body established in the year 2007 it s a nonprofitable organisation affiliated to the bonsai study group of the indo japanese association mumbai. The tree grows as high as 30 meters and its trunk can have girths of up to 3 meters.