Discover The Joys Of Bonsai With Our Brush Cherry Bonsai Tree Kit
Raising and training a Bonsai tree can be an amazing experience for yourself, for your friends, or for your entire family. With our Brush Cherry Bonsai Tree Kit, you'll receive everything you need to get started in one affordable package!
The brush cherry is a reasonably hardy evergreen tree, and popular among Bonsai enthusiasts. It's resistant to high temperatures, but can be damaged by cold. The brush cherry also needs frequent watering, particularly in the summer. However, if you're diligent, you'll be rewarded with a gorgeous tree. Plus, its fruits are edible, and dried flower buds are tasty as herbal cloves. It's can live for decades, and reward you the whole time.
With our starter kit, you can learn the ins and outs of Bonsai, and discover the joys of this amazing hobby.
This Kit Contains ~
- Australian Brush Cherry Tree (Syzyngium paniculatum) - Each tree will be slightly different and will arrive in a 6" plastic pot.
- Bonsai Rock - The rock can be placed on the top of your soil as a method to tell when your tree needs water. If the bottom of the rock is damp, you will know your tree does not need water. If the bottom is dry, you will know your tree needs water.
- Tinyroots Tropical Blend Bonsai Soil - A mix of 100% organic double-sifted compost mulch, Turface®, coarse river sand, and fine pine bark.
- Glazed Bonsai Pot & Matching Humidity Tray - A perfectly sized glazed pot and tray will be included with your kit. Colors will vary but all are beautiful.
- Bonsai Wire & Mesh - Approximately 3' of wire included. Perfect for anchoring and shaping. Bonsai wire is specifically designed to shape branches and small trunks and the wire we're including here is of outstanding quality. And the mesh, the holes are actually large enough to allow proper drainage.
- Bamboo Chopstick: an excellent tool for loosening the root mass of a Bonsai.
- Washed River Sand Top Dressing - A beautiful blend of deep earth-toned Bonsai gravel for the top of your soil to complete the Bonsai aesthetic. Also used to fill the humidity tray.
Bonsai: Fun For The Whole Family
Bonsai trees are a great alternative to pets, in situations where pets aren't allowed, or when small children are involved. Raising a Bonsai tree teaches respect for living things, as well as the beauty of nature.
Bonsai trees are living art. By raising, trimming, and training (shaping) the tree, you can turn it into your own miniature masterpiece. The pot it's kept in is part of the presentation as well, and you have endless options for decoration. Many Bonsai keepers like to use moss, because moss looks much like grass, but you can also be more creative. Add fairies, or gnomes, or little pieces of furniture to create a fantastic tableaux.
This process can be especially educational for children because raising a Bonsai teaches numerous important lessons - particularly patience. Training and designing a Bonsai takes months, or maybe even years. It's a slow and deliberate process with incremental change every day - but over time, a plain tree can become a wholly unique work of art.
As you become accustomed to working with your Bonsai tree every day, or every few days, you'll see it develop and grow before your eyes.
Eventually, you'll have a showpiece that you're proud to show off to friends and family. You might even discover that you want more Bonsai, so you can keep refining your skills. After all, a great forest begins with a single tree!
