Perennial Bonsai Selections

How to care for bonsai

Bonsai includes pineapple sage, lion's ear, curry, and the Costa Rican mint bush. Curry, lion's ear, pineapple sage, and the Costa are herbs that are trained as bonsai. The pineapple has juicy yellowish fruits that grow from its vines. The fruit is sometimes thick and lumpy with yellow-brown skin. The tuft has rough pointed leaves near the top. Pineapple is tropical plants that have tall thick stems as well. The rough sword-shaped leaves have dense collections of minute size flowers. Pineapple sage is known as the Salvia elegans. The bonsai grows large healthy plants. The miniature bonsai trees grow up to 3-feet tall. The plant however grows huge before it starts to produce wood. If you grow the pineapple sage outdoors, the tree will grow up to 5-feet tall, once it has been trimmed.

Pineapple sage bonsai desires sunny weather. The warmth helps the plant to grow healthy. Do not leave the pineapple bonsai outdoors in frosty weather. During the season, as the days grow short the pineapple sage will begin bloom. As the plant matures, it grows impressive flowers, providing you shape the bonsai at an early stage. The flowers are brilliant red. During midwinter and throughout fall the flowers are shaped like tubes.

The bonsai has scented foliage. You can grow the plant to produce flavoring, which will enhance the taste of herbal teas. Trim the plant as recommended. The best bonsai trees to grow with pineapple sage are the sweet marjoram and thymes.

How to care for lion ear bonsai:
Lion's ear or leonotis Leonuris grows healthy shrubs. The foliage grows off the shrubs, which are light green. The flowers are orange. Lion's ear is one of the favorite-trained bonsai. When the plant is grown outdoors, it grows up to 6-feet tall. The lion's ear when grown inside should be trimmed regularly. Lion's ear has large leaves and the trunk will thicken rapidly. You will need a huge pot, since the roots also grow swiftly and large.

How to care for Costa Rican mint bush:
The mint bush is often cultivated and used for flavoring. The plants have aromatic leaves. The bonsai is of the northern temperate and sometimes produce peppermint, spearmint, etc. Costa Rican mint bush is also the Satureja Viminea. The plants grow swiftly and start to develop woody traits during before maturity. At the main supporting element near the trunk, Costa bonsai will grow develops suckers starting at the root. You want to remove the suckers. At what time the Costa Rican mint bush is bruised, it has a strong mint fragrance. The plant will grow attractive lime leaves, making the bonsai one of the most attractive trees. Caribbean regions often grow the Costa Rican mint bush and use it as a flavor to set of meats.

Curry plants or Helichrysum angustifolium is often cultivated to produce spices. The spices are added to meat, vegetables, fish, etc. The spices are also formed as seasons, sauce, paste, powder, etc. Curry plants trained as bonsai grow minute size shrubs. The foliage is vividly silver. Curry plants have a strong aroma, which grow flowers in planting season that resemble buttons. The metallic leaves are often small. NOTE: The curry plants grown, as bonsai are not spice material, therefore do not attempt to use the plant as a season, or spice.

How to care for Curry plants
Curry plants will produce suckers that are strong and thrown at the branches and trunk. You want to remove the suckers when it starts to develop at the tips of the branches. The flowers and trimmings are available to use as arrangements to maintain adequate dryness.