Osmanthus bonsai making

Sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai production, sweet-scented osmanthus is a traditional Chinese famous flower. It can not only beautify the environment and decorate the garden, but also be used to make bonsai, and it is also loved by people. Xianning, located in the mountainous area of southern Hubei, is a world-famous "hometown of sweet-scented osmanthus". The cultivation of sweet-scented osmanthus here has a long history and a wide variety. In recent years, people use sweet-scented osmanthus to make bonsai, and the effect is very good. The production methods are as follows:

Bonsai production of sweet-scented osmanthus one: seedling planting method

Osmanthus fragrans seedlings are generally divided into sexual and asexual seedlings. Sexual breeding is the process of planting the collected seeds in the nursery after storage, while asexual planting is carried out by cutting, striping, dividing, grafting and so on.

After the seedlings are planted in the nursery, they first need to be preserved separately in a bowl before they can be modeled as a single plant. First, bend the trunk, insert the iron wire (depending on the thickness of the trunk) into the bowl, twist the trunk clockwise and bend it into an "s" shape, then set the quasi-branch, the side branch (pay attention to keep the first and second branch points low), cut off the extra twigs at the same time, and carefully bend the branches and side branches into an arc with a small wire, so that they can grow in a vertical or parallel line. The top branch can adopt the "disk-binding method" (the straight line of growth is bent into a disk), and the strong pressure is controlled to an appropriate height. After the first modeling, careful maintenance and management should be carried out, and fertilization should be applied regularly every other week. Fertilization should be mainly nitrogen fertilizer, combined with phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, the ratio is 3:1, while attention should be paid to loosening soil, weeding, irrigation, insecticidal and so on. After the growth and finalization of sweet-scented osmanthus seedlings, the iron wire should be untied in time, and the overall modeling can be carried out in spring (that is, the second modeling): first, select the seedlings of sweet-scented osmanthus with the right height, usually with an odd number (i.e. 5, 7, 9, 11 …... (plant), try to keep the roots exposed (bend and protrude the thick roots with iron wire to expose the soil surface), and then layout and make all kinds of jungle or drought-style sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai.

Bonsai production of sweet-scented osmanthus II: old pile modeling method

The old sweet-scented osmanthus pile picked up in the mountain field is modeled, and its method is similar to that of other tree stakes: first, the pile head is planted on the ground after manual treatment (such as sawing main root, removing cross branches, overlapping branches, reverse branches, etc.). If the root system is better and the fibrous root is well developed, it can be put on the pot at one time. The old pile of sweet-scented osmanthus, whether planted in the ground or potted, should first be irrigated with enough root water, keep it moist, avoid the wind and the sun, and should not be exposed to strong light. After the pile head survives, we should pay attention to the selection of bud position, remove the excess bud point, so that it can concentrate on nutrient growth.

The shape of the old pile, first of all, the treatment of the main thousand, such as the trunk is too straight, can be processed by "splitting": peel off part of the epidermis of the straight trunk, split the middle part of the trunk with a file, remove some wood, and drive the stone into the trunk. Make the ectoplasmic part slowly protrude, form a pimple and then remove the stone, which can also be retained if necessary. You can also use the "moth-eating method" (pouring syrup into the tree trunk to attract worms to crawl) to form a rotten surface to show aging; the branches can be shaped by bending, and then the twigs (according to the location and level) are tied together to let them grow naturally, and finally re-cut to promote the branches to sprout new buds. However, it must be noted that sweet-scented osmanthus can be cut once or twice a year, preferably in November or March of the following year.

Sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai production III: ancient pile grafting method

There are two methods for grafting the surviving and well-growing ancient stakes of Oleaceae (preferably Ligustrum lucidum). One is to remove and grafting, cut or cut off all the privet branches in the parts that need to be grafted, and cut the smooth side of the rootstock. Cut about 3 cm vertically between the xylem and the bark, and then cut into a plane of 3 cm on the lower side of the scion (sweet-scented osmanthus). The reverse side is also obliquely cut off 1 cm, and at the upper end, where the 3 buds are retained, cut off and insert into the incision of the rootstock, so that the layers are closely combined, and then carefully bind and fix the cut of the rootstock and the top of the scion with plastic tape to prevent moisture evaporation. The second is the method of branch grafting: remove part of the bark of the female branches of the scion and the branches of the rootstock with a small amount of xylem (generally cut off about 1), and then tie the two plants together. when a larger healing tissue appears near the joint, the scion can be cut off from below the junction, and the rootstock can also be removed from above the joint. In this way, the original ancient pile of privet became the ancient pile of sweet-scented osmanthus, and a pot of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai was made after manual processing such as binding, pruning and modeling.

Making sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai

(1) Botanical knowledge belongs to Oleaceae and Oleaceae. Evergreen trees or shrubs, branches and leaves are dark green, evergreen all the year round, graceful and graceful. Leaves opposite, leathery, long elliptic, entire or sparsely serrate; leaf axils with 2-3 overlapping buds. The flowers are small, golden or yellow-white, bearing leaf axils, and the Cymes are clustered, fragrant and intoxicating when they are blooming. Drupe oval, purple-black when ripe. The main variety 1. Cinnamon, flower milk yellow to golden yellow, rich aroma. 2. Cinnamon, the flowers are orange to orange-red, and the aroma is slightly worse. The darker flowers are cinnamon cinnamon 3. Silver cinnamon, milky white or yellowish white flowers, light aroma. 4. The four seasons cinnamon, the flowers bloom continuously in four seasons, the light yellow, the aroma is lighter than the above three kinds. Osmanthus fragrans is a subtropical tree species, originated in southwest and central China, is widely cultivated in the Yangtze River basin and its south, and can only be used as potted plants in North China. Osmanthus fragrans is a light-loving tree species, slightly tolerant to shade, likes warm and humid climate, and is not resistant to cold and drought; it is required to grow in sandy loam with fertile soil, rich in humus and good drainage, and the acid soil with pH 5.5-6.5 is the best. Alkaline soil is not suitable for planting and is not resistant to stagnant water. In dry and barren soil, the growth is slow, the leaf color is yellowed, and it is not easy to blossom. (2) artificial propagation of materials and cultivation measures: Osmanthus fragrans can be propagated by sowing, cutting, grafting, striping and other methods. Cutting and grafting are usually the main methods, while sowing methods are seldom used. The cuttage method uses the softwood cuttings grown in the same year in the plum rain season, and the survival rate is high. Cuttings should be cut from 10-year-old sweet-scented osmanthus with a length of 8 cm to 10 cm and a thickness of 0.3 cm to 0.5 cm, with top tips removed and 2 leaves retained. Soak in naphthalene acetic acid 100ppm solution for several hours before insertion, insert it into the tile basin or seedling bed of sandy loam, the depth of 1B2~2B3, should not be too deep, too deep will lead to poor ventilation and easy to rot roots. After insertion, use your fingers to compact the soil, water through, and timely shade, maintain a certain humidity, often spray foliar water, soil moisture should not be too much. After about 60 days, it can take root. After rooting, it can be transparent in the morning and evening, increase the light time after autumn, in order to promote growth, and can be cultivated in pot in the following spring. Grafting methods are generally branch grafting, branch grafting has cutting, splitting and leaning grafting and other methods. Lobular privet, wax, privet and other tree species are commonly used as rootstocks. The cutting method is widely used. When grafting, cut the rootstock 5 cm above the ground, choose the smooth side of the bark, cut vertically with xylem and cut into a cut 2 cm to 3 cm deep. The scion takes an annual mature branch, 6 cm long, with 2 cm 3 nodes, and the lower end of the scion is cut into an oblique cutting plane of 2 cm, and then obliquely cut into a short cutting surface of about 1 cm on the opposite side. Then, the long cutting surface of the scion is close to the cutting surface of the rootstock, inserted into the incision, so that the cambium of the two cutting surfaces are closely connected, and then the cortex of the cut of the rootstock is wrapped on the outside of the scion, bound and fixed with plastic film, and the incision of the rootstock and the top of the scion are closed to prevent water evaporation, and it is easy to survive. The support grafting is to cut off the xylem of the female parent branch of the scion and the female parent branch of the rootstock, which is 5 cm in length and 10 cm in length and 1B3~1B2 in dry diameter, then combine them with each other, bind them with plastic film tape, and then separate them after survival. Depending on the survival is very sure, garden nursery cultivation of potted cassia mostly use this method. The strip pressing method is also often used, and it is easy to survive. (3) selection of pots in the process of potting: sweet-scented osmanthus, green leaves and yellow flowers, evergreen all the year round, it is appropriate to choose a deeper round basin or square basin, and the diameter of the basin mouth is roughly the same as the diameter of the branches and leaves of sweet-scented osmanthus, which is beneficial to the development and growth of roots. The texture of the basin is better with purple sand pottery basin or glazed pottery basin. The color is better with purple or ochre, which can be in sharp contrast with the color of flowers and leaves to increase its ornamental effect. Use soil: sweet-scented osmanthus likes fertilizer, it is suitable to use sandy loam with loose fertility and good drainage. The culture soil of potted sweet-scented osmanthus is usually made of pastoral soil, barnyard manure and river sand 1B3. Attention should be paid to disinfection so as not to infect diseases and insect pests. Planting: sweet-scented osmanthus should be planted in early spring or autumn, put a layer of river sand or vermiculite on the bottom of the basin before the basin, to facilitate ventilation and drainage, and then cover it with a layer of peat soil or fine mud about 2-3 cm thick, up to the depth of the basin 1B3. Then, put the sweet-scented osmanthus seedlings with soil balls in the roots into the basin, obstruct the soil to cultivate the soil, press it with your fingers, and fill the soil close to the mouth of the basin. The soil surface should be 2-3 cm lower than the mouth of the basin, so as to facilitate watering and fertilization. After planting, it should be watered thoroughly, then moved to the shade for about 10 days, so that its "basin", gradually restore growth. (4) pose technology processing: sweet-scented osmanthus has strong germination and resistance to pruning. In 2012, after potting, it will be processed and modeled after blooming in Meiyu season or autumn, and the combination of climbing and pruning will be adopted. The trunk can be truncated into a curved trunk or oblique trunk; those with a higher trunk can be properly cut to make the base sprout new branches without emptiness in the lower part, or re-cut the upper branches and over-dense branches to stimulate new branches in the lower part of the trunk, maintain the balance between the upper and lower parts, and make the tree beautiful and luxuriant. Tree shape: sweet-scented osmanthus is best made into curved dry type, oblique dry type or floating type. The tree is oblique, with luxuriant branches and leaves, simple and natural, the most enjoyable. When it blossoms, the fragrance is overflowing and refreshing.

Osmanthus fragrance bonsai production method Osmanthus fragrance bonsai picture Daquan Osmanthus bonsai is evergreen all the year round, the flowers are fragrant, and the ornamental value is high. Proper management can make sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai luxuriant, blossom and fragrant. Next, the marmot editor will share with you the method of making sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai and enjoy the pictures of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai. Materials for making sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai: the pile material for making sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai can be obtained by sowing, cutting, striping, grafting, propagation and breeding, and tassel stumps excavated for many years in the mountains can also be used as materials for sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai.

Picture pruning of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai: in the first pruning, according to the size, height and shape of the seedlings, cut the trunk 1 to 4-1 to promote the lower adventitious buds to sprout new branches and trim the dense branches properly. After that, the withered branches, weak branches and diseased branches can be trimmed, and then pruned year by year according to their desired plant shape, pruning overgrown branches and over-dense branches to gradually form the desired tree type. Watering: sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai is easy to lack of water due to its limited capacity, so it needs to be watered to replenish water. According to the soil moisture of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai pot, water it at the right time. It is generally irrigated once in 2-4 days in spring and autumn and 1-3 days in summer. The weather is sunny and watered several times when dry, and less or no watering on cloudy and rainy days. Sweet-scented osmanthus avoid dampness, avoid stagnant water in the basin, especially in autumn flowering season, too wet will cause falling flowers.

Fertilization of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai: during the growth of sweet-scented osmanthus, 15% liquid fertilizer soaked in rotten pig manure and tung bran, or 15% liquid fertilizer soaked in tung bran and compound fertilizer, was applied every 20 days. Fertilization was stopped in early October. The following year, when sweet-scented osmanthus grows new leaves, it is a liquid fertilizer every 15 days, and the concentration of liquid fertilizer increases to 20%, 30% from June to August. 15% of the above liquid fertilizer was applied every 20 days from September to October, and Frosts Descent stopped applying fertilizer after that. Change the pot: the sweet-scented osmanthus plant should be changed every 3-5 years, and the pot change should be carried out in early March. Prepare nutritious soil before changing basin, and choose humus soil and garden soil to be mixed and ready for use. When changing the basin, keep 40% of the old soil, cut off the rotten roots, and trim the old roots and fibrous roots properly. Sweet-scented osmanthus after changing pots, add appropriate amount of new soil and pour enough water, put it in the shade for 10 days, and then move to a sunny, well-ventilated balcony or courtyard.

Sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai pictures appreciate diseases and insect pests: sometimes there are gray dots on the branches of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai, which can be removed with a brush, or sprayed with dimethoate 1500-2000 times, once every 7 days, 3 times in a row, can be effectively improved. Suitable for making sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai varieties to make small sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai, it is appropriate to choose "Dongxianghong", "Dongxiang Silver Pavilion", "Japanese Cinnamon", "Big Leaf Buddha Top Pearl", "Laurel", "four Seasons Cinnamon", "Jiulong Gui", "Willow Leaf Gui" and so on. The production of large-scale sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai should choose "big leaf yellow silver cinnamon", "golden cinnamon", "big leaf cinnamon", "Dadan golden cinnamon", "orange red cinnamon".

Elegant sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai photo summary: the production method of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai is introduced here. Friends who like sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai can try to raise several pots of sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai. Sweet-scented osmanthus bonsai leaves are green all the year round, the plant shape is handsome and elegant, and when it blossoms, the golden flowers cover the branches, overflowing with aroma, making people relaxed and happy.