Grow Loropetalum as a bonsai

Buy trained bonsai

To grow a ribbon flower as a bonsai yourself, you need a lot of experience. This makes it easier to buy the plant as a finished bonsai. In a normal garden center, it will certainly not be one of the standard offers. But one or the other online shop can be found that sells this plant.

Keep up with the upbringing

A bonsai plant also sprouts vigorously in summer. If the scissors are not used regularly, the plant will quickly lose its shape.

• Cut young shoots after flowering
• when they are about 4-5 cm long
• Cut back to 2 to 3 leaves
• shape young branches with wires
• Gently spread or stretch older branches if necessary

Fertilizing and watering the mini plant

Fertilize During the vegetation phase, clean the bonsai every two weeks with a commercially available liquid fertilizer for bonsai plants. Increase the time interval in winter time to many weeks.

You wait until the surface dries up before you water it again. With prolonged moisture, root rot can develop quickly, which is to the detriment of the entire plant. You should therefore also ensure that there is good drainage. On warm days, spray the foliage of the belt plant with water, this has a beneficial effect on its growth.

Repot

Young bonsai trees should be repotted every two to three years. They also get a root cut. Older specimens content themselves with fresh soil every four to five years.

A few words about the location

Loropetalum is considered hardy if the thermometer shows values ​​between 0 ° C and -10 ° C. But a potted plant is more sensitive in this regard. That is why the bonsai cannot stay outside all the time. In the main winter months it needs to be bright indoors and at temperatures between 8 and 12 ° C overwinter.

Provide the plant with water as required, even in winter.