{"id":2451,"date":"2022-08-16T13:01:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T13:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/?p=2451"},"modified":"2022-08-22T10:22:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T10:22:26","slug":"outdoor-bonsai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/outdoor-bonsai\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Bonsai"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2451\" class=\"elementor elementor-2451\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5672d96c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5672d96c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f7d65a\" data-id=\"2f7d65a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32ecf6cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32ecf6cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.0 - 08-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><p><a href=\"\/\">Home<\/a><\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>\/<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t<p align=\"center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AToutdoor%20bonsai\/bonsai%20garden%20(9).jpg\" alt=\"bonsai garden\" width=\"500\" height=\"361\" \/><\/p><p align=\"center\"><em>Bonsai growing in Harry Harrington&#8217;s garden in the North-West of England<\/em><\/p><p>The images in this article have all been taken on my journeys around the UK to visit fellow enthusiasts gardens as well images of my own gardens. The majority of tree species used for bonsai require that the trees be placed outside all year round. This means that they need to be positioned somewhere where they will be able to receive direct sunlight for at least part of the day, be protected from strong winds that may knock them over or uproot them and be near a watering point as they will require watering 200-300 times every year.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AToutdoor%20bonsai\/bonsai%20garden%20(4).jpg\" alt=\"bonsai garden\" width=\"500\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><em>A view of Harry Harrington&#8217;s garden near London, England on a Summers evening.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AToutdoor%20bonsai\/bonsai%20garden%20(10).jpg\" alt=\"ficus bonsai\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><em>Ficus species bonsai brought outside for the Summer months in London.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Living in a temperate climate here in the UK, any tropical or subtropical species bonsai require that they are housed indoors or in a heated greenhouse from Autumn to Spring (the exact timing dependent on their exact frost-hardiness).<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">However, all fully hardy bonsai are kept outside all year round with no protection from the elements unless temperatures drop below -10\u00baC. Allowing your frost hardy bonsai to be exposed to the seasons allows them to grow naturally as they would in the ground and encourages much healthier and more vigorous growth.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AToutdoor%20bonsai\/bonsai%20garden%20(3).jpg\" alt=\"bonsai winter\" width=\"600\" height=\"366\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><em>Harry Harrington&#8217;s frost-hardy bonsai covered in a layer of snow during the Winter.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">The ideal position for your bonsai is for them to be kept off the ground on wooden benches or monkey poles, and each bonsai is placed in a position where it receives the amount of sunlight needed for healthy growth.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">As some bonsai such as Pines require at least 8 hours direct sunlight whilst some bonsai such as Hawthorn or Japanese Maple will tolerate as little as 3 hours direct sunlight, careful observation of the light levels around the garden is necessary. Similarly, consideration of the prevailing winds should be made. Placing a bonsai in an area of the garden that is liable to be hit from the full force strong winds could result in a favourite bonsai (and its pot) being discovered lying in pieces on the ground after a night of heavy storms.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Other considerations for bonsai placement should include more domestic concerns such as the security of prized specimens, footballs from neighbouring properties and the local cat, squirrel, bird, rabbit and deer populations that can all have a terrible habit of damaging bonsai!<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AToutdoor%20bonsai\/bonsai%20garden%20(11).JPG\" alt=\"bonsai london\" width=\"750\" height=\"393\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><em>A large bonsai collection in Greenford, England<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AToutdoor%20bonsai\/bonsai%20garden%20(1).JPG\" alt=\"bonsai london\" width=\"600\" height=\"392\" \/><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" align=\"center\"><em>A large bonsai collection in Greenford, England<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'myriad pro'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\">Finally, when you have a living work of art such as a prized bonsai, it is pleasing to be able to see it in all of its glory out in the garden and the aesthetic value of careful placement of a tree within a garden is worth considering.<\/p><p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AToutdoor%20bonsai\/bonsai%20garden%20(2).JPG\" alt=\"autumn bonsai\" width=\"700\" height=\"362\" \/><\/p><p align=\"center\"><em>Autumn colours in the garden of Harry Harrington.<\/em><\/p><p>Following the changes in your bonsai as they go through the seasons is always a delight; from the arrival of the bright new buds on bare branches in Spring to the many green hues of the leaves in Summer to the vibrant red, orange and yellow leaves in the Autumn. And then Winter comes and the fine tracery of bare branches around the gnarled and aged trunk of a bonsai can be enjoyed for 4 months as each bonsai withstands the worst that Mother Nature can throw at them.<\/p><p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AToutdoor%20bonsai\/bonsai%20garden%20(5).JPG\" alt=\"roof-top garden\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p><p align=\"center\">A roof-top garden in central London, England<\/p><p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AToutdoor%20bonsai\/bonsai%20garden%20(6).JPG\" alt=\"roof-top garden in Central London\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p><p align=\"center\">A roof-top garden in Central London, England<\/p><p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AToutdoor%20bonsai\/bonsai%20garden%20(7).jpg\" alt=\"Bonsai and Koi\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p><p align=\"center\">Bonsai and Koi in a garden near Luton, England<\/p><p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bonsai4me.com\/Images\/AToutdoor%20bonsai\/bonsai%20garden%20(8).JPG\" alt=\"bonsai garden\" width=\"600\" height=\"484\" \/><\/p><p align=\"center\">Bonsai displayed in a garden in Surrey, England<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \/ Bonsai growing in Harry Harrington&#8217;s garden in the North-West of England The images in this article have all been taken on my journeys around the UK to visit fellow enthusiasts gardens as well images of my own gardens. 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