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How to Make an Instant Bonsai Tree
by a eHow Home & Garden Editor
Bonsai is the ancient Japanese garden art of training miniature trees. Here's a quick and easy way to create miniatures that have some of the character of true bonsai without the painstaking demands.
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How to Grow a Bonsai Tree
by Kat Yares
Bonsai trees can be purchased but creating you own can be a fun and challenging hobby. The art of Bonsai has been practiced for thousands of years, first beginning in China and then becoming mastered by the Japanese. The miniature trees can be a lovely addition to any room in your home.
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How to Make Miniature Bottle Brush Trees
by April Sanders
Miniature bottle brush trees are easy to make and can be used to create a forest for a model train set or a Christmas tree in a dollhouse or village. Although simple to make, they look surprisingly realistic and are much more inexpensive than purchasing miniature trees.
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Bonsai Plant Types
by Deborah Hall
Bonsai is the ancient art of growing miniature trees in containers or pots. Grown indoors or out, the key to success is selecting the bonsai plant type most suited to its desired location.
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What Do You Do With a Japanese Bonsai in the Winter?
by Megan North
Growing bonsai, or miniaturized trees, can be a rewarding practice, but these beautiful trees are delicate and require close observation. Winter's low temperatures can be dangerous to these plants, but the winter period is vital to the development of many bonsai.
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Definition of Bonsai
by Kim Kenney
Bonsai is the ancient art of growing miniature trees. It has become a popular hobby among American horticulturalists, who delight viewers with tiny representations of many different kinds of trees. The correct pronunciation is "bone-sigh," which literally translates to "tree in pot" or "tray planting" in Japanese.
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How to Build a Bonsai Garden
by a eHow Home & Garden Editor
When you build a bonsai garden, you are creating an art form garden that dates back to the Tang Dynasty of ancient China. This type of gardening, known as tray gardening, is the art of growing small and miniature trees in containers, pots and trays. Building a bonsai garden is a very enjoyable and stress relieving hobby. Read on to learn more.
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How to Trim a Bonsai Tree
by a eHow Home & Garden Editor
Trimming a delicate bonsai tree is an art, and requires vision and inspiration on your part. For your first bonsai tree, you should select a common shrub or miniature tree, such as camellia or boxwood, both of which are hearty and will forgive your mistakes. With the right materials, and a bit of patience, you can create a bonsai masterpiece.
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How to Trim a Bonsai Tree
by a eHow Home & Garden Editor
Trimming a delicate bonsai tree is an art, and requires vision and inspiration on your part. For your first bonsai tree, you should select a common shrub or miniature tree, such as camellia or boxwood, both of which are hearty and will forgive your mistakes. With the right materials, and a bit of patience, you can create a bonsai masterpiece.
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How to Remove Dust from Indoor Plants
by Faith Lawless
Sometimes having an indoor plant or miniature tree, especially if they look real, can be a wonderful splash of liveliness or color during the gloomy months of winter. However, they can be a real pain when it comes to cleaning them adequately and making them free of dust. There is a simple and easy way to remedy the dust problem and all you need to be able to do is squeeze a nozzle.
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