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Do Chrysanthemums Make Good Bonsai Plants?
By admin | March 28, 2007
Chrysanthemums are one of the very few plants that the Japanese use for Bonsai which is not classed as a shrub or a tree. Their lifetime as a bonsai may only be three years, but the beauty they create when they are in flower makes for an interesting and eyecatching display.After flowering the plant may be planted in the garden and regularly trimmed then returned to its’ bonsai pot ready for the flowering season; or a new plant can be placed in the pot.
Chrysanthemums do best in a cool position in the home (18-24C) but need to be near a window with maximum light, but no sun through the glass. Place out of draughts and away from heaters. Don’t place them on top of the T.V.
Water every second day, but spray mist the moss daily. Never let chrysanthemums stand in water.
This plant is an ideal indoor decoration while flowering but after flowering should be placed outside in a warm protected position, trimmed regularly between July and January. Fertilise with Green Jacket slow release fertiliser in June and December.
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