Bonsai is the reproduction of natural tree forms in miniature. Bonsai are grown in pots and are totally dependent on you for their care.
With proper care, your bonsai will remain healthy, beautiful and miniature for many years to come. Since your bonsai is a living miniature tree, it will increase in beauty as it matures through the years.
Prep the Seeds
- Soak the seeds in hot water for 24 hours before sowing.
- Fill individual 5-inch biodegradable pots with a lightly moistened mixture of half sand and half loam. Sow one seed in each pot at a 1-inch depth. Spread a 1/4-inch-thick layer of sand over the soil.
- Set the pots outdoors against a south- or west-facing wall with full sun if the weather is cool and light shade at midday if daytime temperatures rise above 90 F. If the weather is cool and light shade at midday Provide 75 F bottom heat with a propagation mat.
- Watch for germination. Grow the seedlings under the same conditions as during germination until they reach 3 inches in height and produce several mature leaves.
- Transplant the mimosa trees into a permanent pot.
In order for it to grow compact, it is regularly pinched.
Common types of trees are used for bonsai. They become small thanks to constant pruning and the use of different techniques depending on the style, the limited volume of the growing container, in closed rooms in this way they grow like bonsai.
Mimosa Pudica has been and remains to be one of the most fascinating plants in that it has a unique ability to fold its leaves when touched or disturbed. Apart from this fascinating behavior of folding its leaves and moving its branches, this species also displays beautiful pink powder-puff like blooms throughout most of the year.
Our planting instruction is a recommendation purposes only. Please choose your own method of rooting that will work for you or research the internet for more info and tips.