First, how to make purple leaf Berberis bonsai?

1. Draw materials

Purple leaf Berberis is often propagated by cutting. the fruit hanging time of cutting seedlings is earlier than that of real seedlings and the survival rate is higher. Before the branches sprout from February to March every year, the branches with strong growth in the previous year are selected as cuttings and cut into 12-16 cm long. Before cutting, soak the base with 500*10ppm concentration of plain acetic acid, take it out immediately, and wait for it to dry before cutting. After insertion, sprinkle the water with a fine-eyed spray can, and the purple leaf Berberis takes root about two months after insertion. The growing cutting seedlings can be transplanted in the same year, and the most suitable time is the plum rain season, but we should pay attention to avoid direct sunlight and torrential rain.

2. Upper basin

Selection of basin: purple sand basin is suitable for purple leaf Berberis.

Use soil: purple leaf Berberis culture soil should be well drained neutral sandy soil, or can also be mixed with 4 parts of matured pond soil, 4 parts of garden soil and 2 parts of honeycomb coal ash.

3. Modeling

Purple leaf Berberis is suitable for small or miniature bonsai. Because of the talent idea, the cadre modelling is mainly direct style or oblique dry type, or the production jungle style. Purple leaf Berberis branches are soft and easy to shape, strong germination and resistance to pruning, so the modeling can be carried out in the way of "combination of pruning and pruning", climbing the trunk and branches slightly, and the lateral branches should be trimmed and shaped. In order to control the tree shape of Berberis amurensis, the buds should be wiped and the long branches should be cut off at any time, so as to change the ownerless characteristics of the tree species. Short pruning and stereotyped climbing should be carried out in the dormant period after defoliation or before germination, because the line of sight is clear in this period, which is beneficial to correctly deal with the departure and retention of the stem, the cutting angle of the branch and the climbing position.

How to make purple leaf Berberis bonsai

Pruning and pruning of purple leaf Berberis bonsai

Purple leaf Berberis can be made into bonsai in the form of straight dry type, double dry type and cliff type, which has strong germination ability, resistance to pruning and soft branches, and can be combined with pruning when modeling, and the method of cutting dry and storing branches can also be adopted. when making, we should pay attention to being hierarchical, dense and proper, so as to avoid the overlap of branches, so that the shape is tortuous and elegant.

Bonsai maintenance of Berberis amurensis

Purple leaf Berberis likes the sunny, warm and humid environment, cold-resistant and dry-resistant, and needs to be maintained in a sunny and well-ventilated place during the growing period. if the sun is not enough, it will cause the plant to grow too long, the leaves will lose green, and the ornamental value will be affected; watering should pay attention to 'see dry and wet', and there can be no stagnant water in the basin.

Apply mature liquid fertilizer once a month, pay attention to control the concentration, use foliar fertilizer once a week during flowering to promote fruit setting; purple leaf Berberis should pay attention to proper water control and heat preservation in winter to avoid freezing the water in the basin and avoid frostbite to the root system. the plant can be placed outside in a place to avoid the wind and the sun to survive the winter.

Later stage Management of Purple Leaf Berberis bonsai

Purple leaf Berberis germination is relatively strong, to timely prune diseased branches, withered branches, will be too long branches truncated. After the old leaves were removed, liquid fertilizer was applied once every 3 days to promote the growth of new leaves. The leaves were bright red and very beautiful, which greatly increased their ornamental quality.

How to make purple leaf Berberis bonsai

(l) sampling: purple leaf Berberis is often propagated by cutting. the time of hanging fruit of cutting seedlings is earlier and the survival rate of cuttings is higher than that of seedlings. From February to March every year, before the branches sprouted, the strong branches of the previous year were selected as cuttings, which were cut into 12cm and 16cm long. Before cutting, soak the base with 500*10ppm concentration of plain acetic acid, take it out immediately, and wait for it to dry before cutting. After insertion, sprinkle with water with a fine-eyed spray can, and take root about two months after insertion. The growing cutting seedlings can be transplanted in the same year, and the most suitable time is the plum rain season, but we should pay attention to avoid direct sunlight and torrential rain. (2) ① selection of upper basin: purple sand basin is suitable for purple leaf Berberis. ② soil: the cultivation soil should be neutral sandy soil with good drainage, or 4 parts of matured pond soil, 4 parts of garden soil and 2 parts of honeycomb coal ash should be mixed. (3) modelling: purple leaf Berberis is suitable for small or miniature bonsai. Because of the talent idea, the cadre modelling is mainly direct style or oblique dry type, or the production jungle style. Purple leaf Berberis branches are soft and easy to shape, strong germination and resistance to pruning, so the modeling can be carried out by the combination of pruning and pruning, climbing the trunk and branches slightly, and the lateral branches should be trimmed and shaped. In order to control the shape of the tree, the buds should be wiped and the overgrown branches should be cut off at any time in order to change the trunkless characteristics of the tree species. Short pruning and shaping climbing should be carried out in the dormant period after defoliation or before germination, which is beneficial to the correct treatment of stem retention, branch cutting angle and climbing position.