Bonsai

For your reference, this section of Bonsai Diaries includes the essential plant profiles outlined with easy to read care guides. If you have any queries regarding the plant profiles, please do not hesitate to contact us. Naturally, if you wish to provide us with additional care tips, please do so accordingly within our forum (coming soon!). All comments are welcomed.

Ginkgo biloba

Common Names: Ginkgo biloba, Maidenhair Tree, 銀杏 (yín xìng)
Native Origin: East China; in the wild: Guizhou and on the Anhui/Zhejiang border

June 13 2008 | no comments | Posted in: Bonsai

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Kashi Holly: Ilex chinensis

Common Names: Kashi Holly, Ilex chinensis, 米冬 (mǐ dōng), Ilex purpurea, 冬青 (dōng qīng)
Native Origin: China, Japan

June 11 2008 | no comments | Posted in: Bonsai

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Chinese Wolfberry

Common Names: Chinese Wolfberry, Goji, 寧夏枸杞 (Níngxià gǒuqǐ), 枸杞 (gǒuqǐ)
Native Origin: China, Mongolia

June 6 2008 | 1 comment | Posted in: Bonsai

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Punica granatum Linnaeus

Common Names: Punica granatum Linnaeus, Pomegranate; apple of Carthage, 石榴 (shí liú), Nochi Shibari
Native Origin: Central and Southwest Asia

June 5 2008 | no comments | Posted in: Bonsai

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Chinese Ash

Common Names: Chinese ash, 白蜡 (bái là)
Native Origin: China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Vietnam

June 5 2008 | no comments | Posted in: Bonsai

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Border Privet

Native Origin: China, Japan; introduced to North America as a common hedge in landscaping.

May 30 2008 | 1 comment | Posted in: Bonsai

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He Shou Wu

Common Names: Chinese knotweed or Flowery knotweed, He Shou Wu, Polygonum multiflorum, 何首乌 (hé shǒu wū)
Native Origin: China; also grows in Japan

April 11 2008 | no comments | Posted in: Bonsai

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