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An uprooted bonsai, ready for repotting. Bonsai are repotted and root-pruned at intervals dictated by the vigor and age of each tree. In the case of deciduous trees, this is done as the tree is leaving its dormant period, generally around springtime. Bonsai are often repotted while in development, and less often as they become more mature.
Perhaps because I was the only Bostonian who, for almost ten years, had steadily pursued the study of bonsai in the United States and in Japan, in 1969, through the efforts of Mr. Alfred Fordham, Dr. Donald Wyman asked me to repot the Anderson collection of bonsai. I did and began a program to renew the vigor and beauty of these venerable trees ...
Ficus benghalensis: Banyan Ficus benjamina: Weeping Fig Ficus carica: Fig tree, common fig [6]: 46–47 Ficus microcarpa: Chinese Banyan Fig [6]: 44–45 Ficus neriifolia: Willow-leaved Fig Ficus rubiginosa: Port Jackson Fig Fortunella hindsii: Dwarf orange [6]: 48–49 Fraxinus: Ash Fuchsia, including Fuchsia fulgens hybrids Fuchsia [6]: 54–55
Ficus retusa is a rapidly growing, rounded, broad-headed, evergreen shrub or tree that can reach 10 metres (33 ft) in height [5] with an equal spread. The smooth, light grey trunk is quite striking, can grow to around 1 metre (3.3 ft) in diameter, and it firmly supports the massively spreading canopy.
Ficus (/ ˈ f aɪ k ə s / [2] or / ˈ f iː k ə s / [3] [4]) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs , they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extending into the semi-warm temperate zone.
Ficus natalensis is a tree in the family Moraceae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is commonly known as the natal fig in South Africa. In central and western Uganda, where it has an important cultural value, it is known as omutuba to the Baganda people and omutoma to the Banyakitara peoples.
Ficus benjamina is a tree reaching 30 m (98 feet) tall in natural conditions, with gracefully drooping branchlets and glossy leaves6–13 cm (2 + 3 ⁄ 8 – 5 + 1 ⁄ 8 inches), oval with an acuminate tip.
Trees up to 25 m (82 feet) tall. [3] Leaves lanceolate, elliptic or ovate, with acuminate or acute apex. [3] Figs edible, globose, 0.8-1.2 cm in diameter. [3] A curiosity of its growth is that, according to Condit, its roots, when they reach another tree, can grow up the trunk as much as forty feet (twelve meters).