The method of making preserved plum bonsai

Wax plum blossoms in the depths of winter with withered flowers, fighting cold and proud frost, showing the character that the Chinese nation will never yield in the face of rape, giving people spiritual enlightenment and the enjoyment of beauty. This integrity of dried plum also makes it favored by many flower lovers. Lamei bonsai has high artistic and ornamental value. This article introduces the production process of Lamei bonsai in detail.

Material selection and cultivation

The old root pile of wild Chimonanthus praecox in mountainous area is cultivated in the ground, and the ancient pile of Chimonanthus praecox is made, which is more common and has a quick effect. The method is to select the old stump that has been cut down for many years, and after digging it back, pay attention to protecting the root system and pruning the branches. Choose the place with moderate light, loose soil and good drainage to "raise the embryo", and then move it to the basin after survival. If it is an old pile of dog flies and plums, it can be grafted with plain heart wintersweet, and it can be processed and modeled as needed after survival.

Pot-up process

1, selection basin: wax plum should use purple sand pottery basin, can also use glazed pottery basin. General seedlings Chimonanthus chinensis mostly use round basin, square basin, hexagonal basin and so on. Wintersweet old pile can use medium-deep dregs basin or crabapple basin, cliff type more choose thousand-cylinder basin. Dark purple or ochre red is better in color to set off waxy yellow flowers and increase their ornamental effect.

2. Using soil: Chimonanthus praecox is not strict on soil, but it is better to use sandy loam with good drainage. The commonly used mature pastoral soil or rotten leaf soil mixed with 20% bran ash was used as culture soil.

3. Planting: the transplanting of Chimonanthus praecox is mostly carried out in the early spring, and it is suitable before and after the new bud germination of the flower stem in early March. It is generally appropriate to plant in an oblique way, which is easy to take advantage of when modeling. A plastic trim can be carried out before planting. Sufficient base fertilizer can be applied to the bottom of the basin when it is put on.

Pose modeling

The styling and styling of Chimonanthus is mainly pruning and budding, supplemented by climbing. Xiyaojia Village, Yanling County, Henan Province is known as "Yiling Wax Plum Crown in the World". Its traditional plastic arts include "screen fan plum", "pimple plum", "hanging branch plum" and so on, especially the screen fan plum is the most popular. its modeling process: during the period of March to April, the main branch is twisted and spirally raised by "hob method" and "dragon knife method". When the bud is just sprouting, it is cut obliquely at the place to be bent, and the knife edge is oblique, reaching the diameter of the branch 2B3. Bend carefully so that the upper part of the cracked xylem is supported on the lower section, use a pole to support the newly bent trunk, and tie it up with a rope. And then make all the top tips of the branches downward. The incision should be coated with mud within 1 month, and can not be removed, and should be filled up as it falls. After the formation of the basic skeleton, we should pay attention to pruning and pick the heart in time to maintain the shape of the screen fan.

Although Chimonanthus and Plum blossom do not belong to the same family, but their florescence is similar, and their flowers and aroma are also similar. Wax plum is fragrant and fragrant, and does not reduce red plum, so we can learn from the modeling principles of plum blossoms: "Mei takes qu as beauty, straight as beauty, straight as beauty, regular without scenery, sparse as beauty, dense and stateless", "plum is rare but not expensive and complex, expensive old is not expensive and tender, expensive thin is not expensive fat, Guihe is not expensive to open" and so on. Therefore, the trunk should be oblique and horizontal, the branches and leaves should be sparse, and the pile is old and vigorous. In addition to the "screen fan type", "pimple type" and "hanging branch type" of Yiling, Henan Province, there are also "downwind type", "hanging branch type", "swimming dragon type" and so on.

Well, the above is the whole process of making preserved plum bonsai. Interested friends can try to make a potted preserved plum bonsai.