--- title: "Bonsai Matters" description: "All about Bonsai" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw" language: "en" modified: "2023-07-21T14:13:57.567Z" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v2/cloudinary/global_data/communities/qy2kvv9jqxccag9gc50z.jpg" --- [Community](https://getplanta.com/community.md) # Bonsai Matters In this group we share techniques, ideas for styling your trees and anything bonsai. Welcome to the Planta bonsai zone. House plants. 6271 members, 314 posts ## Posts - [New projects any suggestions?](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/lglqjbLLilpZHUQn5XxyDa.md) (by Stigandi, 2026-10-03, 0 comments) - [This tree was gonna be taken down because the tree around it was dying, and the neighbors were scared of it falling…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/W4pvTcQC9gWSN4XfEMThXQ.md) (by Stigandi, 2026-10-03, 1 comment) - [Started this from a cutting in the spring. Chopped all competing long branches a couple months ago and turned into the…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/fLaIszVH1MapF80Z7PaOPA.md) (by El Oso Polar, 2026-09-15, 1 comment) - [A Chili Pequín seedling in a small dipping bowl found at a thrift store.](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/FfvSO9KbpOkBBLDq3d6hbp.md) (by Karzdan, 2026-09-05, 0 comments) - [Unknown maple seedling I dug up and potted into a square thrift store bowl. Used a diamond crusted bit to add a…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/tEK1bhUoviUhoKX6lZqkdQ.md) (by Karzdan, 2026-09-05, 2 comments) - [How do I know what to prune? Does anyone have an essential guide on shapes or can anyone share any design principles? I…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/qsj5hY9dm221OlInJ4JEpf.md) (by ABagel, 2026-08-07, 2 comments) - [New styling on this dwarf jade, going for a cascading style bonsai.](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/Hcl05Q1vCKQbJtBey4093o.md) (by El Oso Polar, 2026-07-22, 0 comments) - [Decided to move the deadwood on my bonsai](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/gjLdS1N8vgi9PcdCiFaN5r.md) (by Just a guy, 2026-06-29, 0 comments) - [Few recent additions to the bonsai garden including a forest of Dawn Redwoods!! Split them out across three pots as…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/TAJb7OgGcb5ljzvBfpeO66.md) (by Harry, 2026-06-21, 1 comment) - [Just did a full defoliation on my dwarf umbrella. First time doing so. Hope I didn’t kill it.](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/0otfnCJkt0vzleSW1SLMTL.md) (by El Oso Polar, 2026-06-13, 1 comment) - [What’s a good leafy, flowering tree i can start and have survive in SF East Bay area (apparently like Mediterranean…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/HuDrvhGTjNU1LxulrcI7IJ.md) (by OJ, 2026-06-10, 0 comments) - [First bonsai ever, repotted from nursery container to shallow pot! Seems to me like a Fukien Tea! Excited to begin this…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/laQrYfzTZeBTkRFS5ntECm.md) (by The Ridge, 2026-06-08, 1 comment) - [Growing my own bonsai, I have 4 to plant but I haven’t found this one or any of the others on this app](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/9MchEkDrIjdYXf59vTG7PO.md) (by Justy, 2026-06-06, 4 comments) - [What is an inexpensive bonsai soil mix yah’ll use. There isn’t any premixed soil around me, and I fear that the ones…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/6B9C29DgxWZIUlaXTuZrqe.md) (by BooksandPlants, 2026-06-01, 3 comments) - [My fukien tea that started as a rescue project last summer flowered for the first time in March and has been giving me…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/nJXM54ttJmgONEuOJLq7TO.md) (by creakyknees, 2026-05-31, 0 comments) - [Just did some pruning on my Elephant Jade Bonsai. Goal was to primarily promote back budding for a denser canopy as a…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/KdAvd0dZfir9NkfKz3QEaO.md) (by El Oso Polar, 2026-05-27, 0 comments) - [Just got my first bonsai yesterday! Brazilian Raintree about 15 years old I think](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/WLJZEqcysuq0FhzsTLiJzO.md) (by Jordan, 2026-05-23, 2 comments) - [Is this shoot bonsaiable? Just chop and prop? Any suggestions?](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/sByBNBRZ74WmpeZYC0Jp70.md) (by Mikel’s Plant Posse, 2026-05-18, 2 comments) - [Should I be bringing my 20 year old Chinese Elm bonsai inside when Florida temps get to 90 or above? New growth tips…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/njZuJ5gNnp8zCkl0mJR6Od.md) (by Mikel’s Plant Posse, 2026-05-17, 4 comments) - [My bonsai is sadly struggling. It transformed from a lush leafy and happy tree (pictured in October 2025) into the sad…](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw/RQ8U0rc34sX0eAsHCo3by3.md) (by Ammúe, 2026-05-13, 2 comments) [Older posts](https://getplanta.com/community/hB0M8pmURCqUK7zhKpIOTw.md?cursor=mI1k0YgmrxhQb3N0cy5HZXRBbGxJbkNvbW11bml0eQByMDU22gTgGA) --- _Source: the Planta community (https://getplanta.com). Reading is open to everyone. To post, comment and like, get the Planta app: https://getplanta.com/download_