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92 C HOOSING A BONSAI

Pruning and pinching
Indoor bonsai also should be pruned
and pinched back regularly to obtain the
required shape, preferably in spring,
before the season's growth begins.
Shoots and leaves should be pruned
and pinched back throughout the grow-
ing season, as soon as the shoots become
too large. In some cases, such as with
ficus, all the leaves should be cut back.
However, the latter should only be car-
ried out in late spring.

Training A podocarpus, more unusual than a ficus, also
Wiring is nearly always necessary to makes a fine indoor bonsai.
train indoor bonsai. The method is simi-
lar to that used for outdoor bonsai, but
the wires sho uld be removed every three roots exposed. They are planted over the
to six months at most. However, there chosen rock in exactly the same way as
are some indoor bonsai, like bamboo, an outdoor tree such as a trident maple.
that cannot be wired. In time, you will find that the roots
F icus are a particularly suitable type thicken and intertwine, growing to form
of tree for growing over rocks with their attractive interwoven patterns.

A SELECTION OF INDOOR BONSAI

Species Description Pruning Pinching

Camellia japonica and Shiny evergreen leaves, Summer, Pinch leaves back
cvs. (Japanese pink to red flowers preserving after flowering
camellia) appeanng from early the flower
winter to early spring buds

Ficus (many) Glossy evergreen leaves; Summer Constantly, remove
choose those with very all leaves in early
small foliage summer

Gardenia jasminoides Oval evergreen leaves, Spring, After flowering and
(Gardenia) richly scented white flowers before bud in mid-summer. to
burst two or three buds

Podocarpus Evergreen. very thin leaves Spring, Late spring and early
before bud summer
burst

Serissa j aponica Slender, oval evergreen At any After flowering
(thousand star tree) leaves season