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Here's How To Have The Best Looking Surinam Cherry Bonsai Tree

By: Lee Dobbins

The Surinam Cherry Bonsai Tree is a sub tropic oriental tree that can be grown in the Southern United States. Originating in Hong Kong and South China they can grow inside your home or they can flourish just as well outside. If you plan to place them inside your home they make fantastic conversation pieces and add elegance to any room.

It has dark green leaves (bronze or red depending on the season) and red bark that peels off in layers. It has a slender truck and the branches spread outward. As the tree matures it will produce red fruit which appears during the spring and summer.

The Surinam Cherry Bonsai Tree should be watered fully throughout the foliage with a spray bottle and the soil should be dried out before watering again. Never use regular tap water on your Surinam bonsai tree or any bonsai tree. Carbon filtered water systems do not get the water purified enough and it contains chlorine metals and minerals that may harm your Surinam over a period of time. You should use only distilled bottled drinking water or Reverse Osmosis purified water. It does best in full or moderate sunshine. It has a special type of fertilizer that can be ordered over the internet.

The age of the tree as well as its appearance determines the price of these trees. But they are well worth the price you pay for such a beautiful miniature tree. The youngest Surinam Bonsai Tree I have seen is 6 years old.

These trees take many years to train and prune. Bonsai trees are trained and trimmed to be pleasing from any angle one looks at it. The trees are trained by using wires to hold them in place while it continues to grow. Plants always grow upward toward the sky so after new foliage appears if it is in an undesirable spot it is usually cut off. Perhaps the owner of the tree wants to see just how the new foliage will grow before he decides to do anything he may even choose to leave the branch and just wire it in a different direction. Weights are used also in training a bonsai tree and by adding extra weights the owner can get a desired result once the tree grows a little more.

It is very common for a plant to find itself root bound in its container. In order for its survival, the plant must be transplanted into a larger container. The owner will have to carefully go through several steps to complete this process. The first step in this process is taking the plant out of its container. Once the plant has been taken out, the roots have to be trimmed away from the trunk in order to reduce its size. Finally, the owner must place the plant into a larger container of his or her choosing. The process of transplanting the bonsai tree is a must for its survival.

I sincerely hope that I have enlightened you about the Surinam Cherry Bonsai Tree and special care and work that is involved in the process of creating one. All the work that goes into the creation is what makes the plant so special. It is as if it was a child and you were helping it develop into maturity.

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To find out more about the Surinam Cherry Bonsai tree as well as get the latest on Bonsai care and supplies, visit www.betterbonsaigardening.com.

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