Orlando Bonsai » surfact roots https://www.orlandobonsai.com The purpose of this site is to share and enjoy the art, history and horticulture of bonsai and to provide current bonsai news and information. Sun, 19 Sep 2021 06:47:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 Buried treasures https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=1366 https://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=1366#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:00:50 +0000 http://www.orlandobonsai.com/?p=1366 I can’t tell you how many times people have told me that they purchased a tree, or collected one only to find that when they clear away some of the top soil that the tree continued to widen out.  This not only will add height to the tree when planted at the proper soil level, but will add a stronger look for the tree as the nebari width increases. 

A few years ago when I potted up my bouganvillea I had to plant it rather low because I had changed the angle of the tree dramatically.  It showed no surface roots and had no flair.  However this week I decided to repot the tree into a smaller pot to bring attention to the massive trunk.  However when I cleared away the soil the trunk had some great surpises to show me.

Bouganvillea repotted

The trunk had great flair and roots had developed. In addition I was now able to pot the tree up about 3″ higher.

New soil line

You can see the old soil line and how much more strength the repot gave the tree.


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