The simple process of making camellia bonsai can be easily done.

Camellias can not be pruned at will like pines and cypresses, but are not resistant to pruning, and it is difficult to grow new branches after cutting off the branches, so it is better to cultivate camellias from seedlings, which is more convenient for modeling. And in the modeling process to cut as few branches as possible, it is best to bind the branches to make the branches grow into an ideal appearance.

Although it is more convenient for seedlings to be stereotyped, it takes a long time, and it is not appropriate to pursue rapid achievement. What are we going to do? At this time, we can take the method of grafting. First select the camellia stump that grows well, and the stump tree shape should be in line with the bonsai shape you want to create as far as possible, and the stump stump is the best. After the stump is selected, new camellia branches are grafted during pseudo-planting.

After the stump of the bonsai has been cultivated, it can be put on the pot. If the soil used for camellia bonsai is acidic, you can't use soil such as yellow mud, which can not be well drained. It is best to use loose and fat humus soil. The soil used can be configured with sand, rotten leaf soil, and garden soil at a ratio of 2:3:5. It can also be configured with perlite, sand, rotten leaf soil and peat soil, with a ratio of 1, 2, 3, 4. The upper basin should be carried out in spring and autumn.

Camellias like to be wet and afraid of direct sunlight, so after putting on the pot, they should be raised in a shady place. Farming can be done all day in winter, but shade is needed in other seasons. Camellias need to be finally shaped after they are put into the pot. The shape of camellia bonsai can be made into cliff type, horizontal dry type, oblique dry type, single dry type, exposed root type and stone-attached type, but do not make camellia bonsai into curved dry type or dry type, and jungle type is not suitable.

Because camellias are not resistant to pruning, try not to shape them by pruning, but by binding tree trunks and branches. When binding and shaping, you should start with the trunk, wait for the trunk to take shape, and then get the side branches. when shaping the side branches, you should pay attention to follow the natural growth trend of the branches, and do not copy them mechanically. If some branches need to be bent, you need to knead the branches first and then bend them, because the branches of camellias have a high degree of Lignification, which may break the branches. After the side branch shape is done, you can deal with the small branches and leaves, remove the twigs and leaves that affect the shape, and turn the leaves to make the leaves of the camellia bonsai turn outward.

In the whole process of production and cultivation, attention should be paid to fertilizer and water management and pest control, as well as cold prevention. Camellia like fertilizer and water, usually to keep the basin soil moist, in dry weather should also spray water to the plant, but flowering should not spray water. In addition to putting enough base fertilizer on the pot, fertilizer needs topdressing at other times, and it can be stopped for one month only in early autumn. Fertilizer is applied once a week during flowering and once every half a month at other times.

The diseases are brown spot, and the pests are aphids, red spiders, root-knot nematodes and shell insects, which are mainly prevented during cultivation and maintenance. In addition, camellias are not very hardy, so it is best to put them in a greenhouse in winter.