Types Of Bonsai -Wound-round Super-mini Bonsai

 Types Of Bonsai -Wound-round Super-mini Bonsai 

Wound-round” super-mini bonsai are bonsai with their trunks wound around and around like a Christmas wreath. They can be created from creeping plants that are close to hand. 





You will need 

• Creeping plant (about 12 in [30cm] long)
 • Pot
 • Soil
 • Sphagnum moss 
• Moss 

Tools

 • Scissors 
• Tweezers 
• Wire (aluminum wire 0.8mm thick) 
• Wire cutting pliers
 • small spoon (to fill pot with soil)
 • Bucket (large enough to hold plenty of water)



 plants suitable for wound-round super-mini bonsai Creeping plants such as those which grow on the walls of houses or along fences are suitable for these kinds of super-mini bonsai. Vines and creepers put out roots from their stems—whichever section of stem is planted in the ground, it will grow roots. Further, they are always putting out roots and can be used just as they are immediately after being harvested, so there is no need to grow them from cuttings. In this example, Ficus thunbergii has been used, but plants such as ivy and spindle trees that are familiar as ornamental and garden plants can be used in the same way.


 1. Visualize which part of the plant to show and how big to make the loop.

 2. Wind one round and make the starting point where the form is well-balanced 

3. Choose plants with pliable, supple trunks that won’t break regardless of how much they are bent 

4. Wind wire around the starting point about three times and cut off excess with pliers. 

5. The vine wound in a loop. Remove the excess leaves from the lower section.

 










6. Neatly wind the vine around 

7.Make 2–3 loops. 

8. If the loop looks as if it might unravel, secure it in 2–3 places with wire 

9. Once three loops have been made, secure the end with wire and trim off excess branches.

 10. Trim off excess wire to complete the item for planting. 

11. Check whether the vine complements the pot and whether it will look attractive once planted. 

12. Position the vine in the pot to check whether it looks balanced. 

13. Place a light layer of soil in the pot 14. Place the looped vine in the pot 

15. Fill with soil. 

16. Press soil in with tweezers, packing it down firmly until just below the rim of the pot. 

17. Shred a small amount of sphagnum moss and soak it in water before laying it on top of the soil.

 18. Use tweezers to plant moss in three places in the sphagnum moss. 

19. Water. Then, in order for the plant to take to the soil and stabilize, place in a semi-shaded spot for about a week to 10 days after planting, monitoring the condition.