trees
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by Jess Shaw - 2008-10-27
Going back thousands of years ago, the bonsai plant has a colorful history. The Chinese may have been the first race to prune and shape the bonsai plants but records show that bonsais were seen in Eg...
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by Jess Shaw - 2008-10-27
The first ever appearance of the Bonsai plant was in China. A thousand years ago, the practice of growing specimen tree inside pots started. These were referred to as 'pun-sai'. These plants had rugg...
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by Jess Shaw - 2008-10-27
The term bonsai came from the Chinese word which means a plant in pot. It was the Chinese who introduced the miniature ornamental trees in the period of the second century B.C. This was the period of...
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by Jess Shaw - 2008-10-27
There are many types of bonsai trees that are sold on the market today. The Ficus bonsai doesn't belong to the list of the fastest selling bonsais for nothing. First, it is naturally miniscule so pru...
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by Jess Shaw - 2008-10-27
The Cypress inched its way to the hearts of bonsai enthusiasts with its regal looks: graceful and green feather-like leaves, refined branches and a bark with cinnamon-brown color. The Cypress bonsa...
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by Jess Shaw - 2008-11-07
Almost everyone's first tree experience has some embarrassing events. Nobody can be an expert right away; we all make mistakes that sometimes haunt us for years afterwards. Some of us make worse mista...
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by Jess Shaw - 2008-11-07
Making sure that your fruit tree stays healthy is very important, but not as hard as some might think. There are several vital things you need to do: don't harvest all of the fruit on the tree at the ...
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by Jess Shaw - 2008-11-14
If you have just entered the tree growing world, you have no doubt heard the term "pruning" tossed around by the more veteran growers. Well, I have something to admit. For several years, I did not eve...
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by Jess Shaw - 2008-11-14
If you have a large amount of land that you have not put to use, you may consider planting an orchard. If you've had previous experiences with planting and maintaining trees, that is an added reason w...
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by Julia Stewart - 2008-11-15
There are many benefits for planting trees that grow fast. Some of the top reasons are to provide shade, color, vertical dimension, soundproofing, cooling, beauty, screening, windbreaks, boundary lin...