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by daan » Mon Jun 11, 2018 3:15 pm
Bonsais grow in any size. You are the one deciding the scale and height of the bonsai. My neighbour is a bonsai gardner and has a lot of very nice bonsai trees in his garden. Some are tiny, some are over a metre in height.
I have a few bonsai trees in my garden railway, they need trimming a few times a year, but definitely grow to any size you want. The best part is, that when kept small, their leaves are also smaller then normal and they get a very nice, big stem and root system, giving them the look and feel of a real big tree.
Your version with pots in the layout is ideal for bonsai, since the whole trick of keeping bonsai's small is to regulate their root system. A tree stopt growing when the root system stays small. My neighbour keeps all his bonsai in pots and trims the root system and the brenches alternately. When he trims the roots, he chooses a few healthy roots and cuts the smalles ones around them away. Then he carefully places the plant back in the pot with new soil and plantfood. Then keep moist and cut the branches.
In Switserland, a lot of trees are growing in rocky areas. They keep small because their roots have no place to grow. Bonsai are the same thing. Limit the root system and the tree stays small.
"En schöne Gruess" from an Alpine railway in Holland.