Luso Bonsai

Technical Sheet - Malpighia

Evergreen bonsai, highly appreciated for its pink flowering that contrasts with the bright green leaves and the dark tone of the trunk.Native to the Antilles, Central America, and South America, it belongs to the Malpighiaceae family.

Technical Sheet - Almond Tree

Deciduous leaf bonsai, highly appreciated for its light pink flowering, which occasionally rewards us with a fruit. It belongs to the Rosaceae family and originates from the Mediterranean areas of the Middle East.

Technical Sheet - Easy Care System

The "Easy Care System" is an automatic watering system that works through a "reservoir+pot" and a "level meter" specifically developed for the concept, allowing a minimum autonomy of about 1 week (depending on the species and time of year).

Technical Sheet - Bonsai (Generic)

In this sheet, we generally indicate the main care to take with your Bonsai.

Technical Sheet - Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea is a fast-growing Bonsai, very hardy and well adapted to Mediterranean and mild climates where it produces flowers almost all year round. There are 2 most common varieties in Bonsai, with slight differences between them, the Glabra and the Spectabilis.

Technical Data Sheet - Pinus Sylvestris

Perennial bonsai with small dark green needles and rough bark that gives it extraordinary beauty.Its high adaptability, resistance, and good response to bonsai techniques have made it the most appreciated European pine species in bonsai.

Technical Sheet - Pinus Halepensis

The Pinus Halepensis bonsai is evergreen with small light green needles, which contrast with the smooth light gray bark. Being a Mediterranean climate plant that is extremely resilient, it is a good Pinus for beginners-

Technical Data Sheet - Citrus Limequat

The Citrus Limequat Bonsai has evergreen leaves, a fragrant white flower that blooms in the summer months, and becomes an oblong fruit, about 3 to 5 cm long, which when ripe is a bright yellow color.

Technical Sheet - Citrus Kinzu

The Citrus Kinzu Bonsai is highly appreciated for the small size of its fruit (1 cm diameter), with a strong orange tone. This variety of Citrus blooms and fruits abundantly, practically all year round.

Technical Data Sheet - Citrus Myrtifolia

The Citrus Myrtifolia Bonsai produces abundant and very fragrant flowers in the spring that turn into small-sized orange fruits (2 to 3 cm).It gets its name from the fact that its evergreen leaf resembles the shape of Myrtle leaves.

Technical Data Sheet - Carvalho Faginea

Native species of the Iberian Peninsula and northern Africa, commonly known as Portuguese Oak, belongs to the Fagaceae family. The Faginea Oak Bonsai is highly appreciated for its dark and deeply fissured bark, contrasting with the color changes of the leaves that range from light green at budding to golden at falling.

Technical Sheet - Carpinus

Species originating from Western Asia and Europe, belonging to the Fagaceae family. Deciduous bonsai, highly appreciated for the contrast between the lush green leaves (during the growing phase) and the yellow/golden ones in the autumn phase, and the gray-toned trunk, which develops "cracks" as the plant ages.

Technical Sheet - Prunus Spinosa

Prunus Spinosa belongs to the Rosaceae family native to Europe. It is a deciduous leaf Bonsai with oval leaves about 5 cm long, white flowers that contrast with the dark and rough bark, it can occasionally produce a dark black/blue fruit (known as Sloe).

Technical Sheet - Syzygium

Species native to Australia and New Zealand, belonging to the Myrtaceae family. Bonsai with dark green, glossy lance-shaped leaves, which show an orange hue when budding and produce small white flowers that occasionally turn into red fruits.It likes sunny exposures but needs protection from frost.

Technical Sheet - Buxus Harlandii

Species originating from Asia (China, Japan, Korea) belongs to the Buxaceae family. It is an evergreen Bonsai with compact leaves and slow growth; the beauty of its trunk, silver-colored with thick, cracked bark, is its main attraction.

Technical Sheet - Prunus Incisa Kojo no Mai

Species originating from Japan that belongs to the Rosaceae family. This variety was discovered in the Mount Fuji area (commonly known as Fuji Cherry), Kojo-No-Mai means "Flight of the Butterflies". Flowering occurs in Spring before the leaves appear and has a pinkish-white tone.

Technical Sheet - Chinese Elm

Originating from China, Korea, and Japan, it belongs to the Ulmaceae family, also known as Chinese Zelkova. Small-leaved bonsai, semi-deciduous or deciduous, highly appreciated in bonsai for its fine branching, bark (which develops "scales" with age), and easy shaping.

Technical Sheet - Cuphea

Originating from Central America (Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala), it belongs to the Asparagaceae family, it is an evergreen shrub, highly valued for its continuous flowering of a vibrant fuchsia shade.

Technical Sheet - Prunus Tomentosa

Originating from Northern and Western China, Korea, and Mongolia, it belongs to the Rosaceae family. Deciduous bonsai, highly appreciated for its showy (white) flowers and reddish-brown fruits.

Technical Sheet - Metasequoia and Taxodium

Both belong to the family of Cupressaceae, with Metasequoia originating from China and Taxodium from Southeast America; they are "relatives" of each other and of the "giants" of the plant kingdom, the Sequoias. Deciduous bonsai, with green and compound leaves, paired in Metasequoia and alternate in Taxodium.

Technical Sheet - Cork Oak

Species originating from the Mediterranean area (Greece/Portugal/Spain/Italy), belonging to the Fagaceae family. Perennial bonsai, with small green leaves, mainly known for its thick bark and cork.

Technical Sheet - Serissa

Perennial bonsai with small, oval leaves, originating from Southern China and Japan, belonging to the Rubiaceae family. There are varieties more suitable for indoors (Chinensis) and others for outdoors (Japonica), but both produce flowers throughout the year, mostly at the end of summer.

Technical Sheet - Sageretia

Originating from Central and South Asia, it belongs to the Rhamnaceae family. Evergreen bonsai with bright green leaves, highly appreciated for its spring growth that turns pink when well exposed to the sun.

Technical Sheet - Pomegranate Tree

It belongs to the Punicaceae family and originates from the Mediterranean. Deciduous leaf bonsai, it blooms abundantly from spring, bearing fruit at the end of summer. There is a highly appreciated Japanese variety, Punica Granatum Nejikan, known for its twisted trunk.

Technical Sheet - Pseudolarix

Bonsai from the Pine family, it originates from China. It has the particularity of being a deciduous conifer, as the needles turn yellow in winter and fall off completely.

Technical Sheet - Prunus Mume

Deciduous leaf bonsai, highly appreciated for its early flowering (depending on the years and region of Portugal, it starts to bloom in January, or even late December). Member of the Rosaceae family, it originates from China and Korea.

Technical Sheet - Portulacaria

Originating from South Africa, it belongs to the Portulacaceae family. Fleshy bonsai, with rounded green leaves about 1.5 cm long. Although it does not allow the application of some shaping techniques, it is highly appreciated for its hardiness.

Technical Sheet - Podocarpus

Originating from China and Korea, it belongs to the Podocarpaceae family. Bonsai with evergreen leaves, long oval-shaped, shiny dark green color, arranged spirally around the branches.

Technical Sheet - Pyracantha

Belonging to the Rosaceae family, it originates from Asia. Evergreen bonsai, highly appreciated for its abundant white flowering, followed by fruits ranging from yellow to red.

Technical Data Sheet - Pinus Thunbergii

Evergreen bonsai with dark green needles (also called Japanese Black Pine), is a pine from the seashore. There is a variety with corky bark (Pinus Thunbergii Corticosa) and one with small needles (Pinus Thunbergii Kotobuki).

Technical Sheet - Pinus Pentaphylla

Perennial bonsai, with needles grouped in bundles of 5 (pentaphylla). The needles have a gray vein, which is why it is often called Japanese White Pine.

Technical Sheet - Zanthoxylum

Bonsai with deciduous leaves, bright green, which when pruned emit a citrus scent, blooms with male or female plants without easy dimorphism between genders. In Bonsai, it is rare to bear fruit, but to achieve this we must have a plant of each gender.

Technical Data Sheet - Oliveira

Slow-growing bonsai, evergreen and oval-shaped leaves with gray-green tones. There is also a wild variety, the Wild Olea, also highly valued in Bonsai.

Technical Sheet - Macieira

Highly appreciated in Bonsai for their abundant flowering and fruiting. Several species of Apple trees are used for Bonsai, most of them ornamental, very floriferous, and with smaller fruits, some with a diameter less than 1 cm (the Micromalus).

Technical Sheet - Chinese Privet

This variety originating from China is the one that works best for Bonsai, although there are several types of Ligustrums. An evergreen shrub with oval green leaves, it produces a white flower in Summer (rare in Bonsai due to pruning), there is also a white and green leaf species (variegated).

Technical Data Sheet - Juniperus

The best varieties for Bonsai are the Japanese ones that compact the foliage, the "Juniperus Sargentii" is highly appreciated for its lush green, and the "Juniperus 'Itoigawa'" due to the hardness of its wood for making deadwood (Jin and Shari).

Technical Sheet - Fig Tree

Deciduous species, with green leaves on top and grayish underneath, with 3 to 5 lobes. Appreciated in Bonsai for its fruiting and leaf shape.

Technical Sheet - Ficus Retusa

There are several species of Ficus cultivated as Bonsai, but the care is practically the same. All have evergreen leaves and are of medium size.

Technical Sheet - Cotoneaster

Slow-growing bonsai, semi-deciduous, green and small leaves (there are also "variegated" species where part of the leaf is white). Highly appreciated for its white or pink flowers and fruits that can range from red to yellow or even black.

Technical Sheet - Carmona

Evergreen bonsai, small in size and slow-growing, highly appreciated for its lush green foliage. It produces a white flower that can be followed by a fruit.

Technical Sheet - Acer Palmatum

Deciduous tree, with five lobes (palmatum), is perhaps the most well-known and appreciated deciduous tree in Bonsai. There are many varieties used for Bonsai, with the most diverse colors and leaf sizes.

Technical Sheet - Acer Buergerianum (Trident Maple)

Small-leaved, deciduous bonsai with three lobes (trident), highly appreciated for its autumn coloring and differences in bark tone. Originating from China and Korea, it belongs to the Aceraceae family.

Technical Sheet - Azalea

Member of the Ericaceae family, it originates from Japan. Bonsai highly appreciated for its flowering, which in some varieties can have different shades on the same plant (and have different colors on the same flower).

Technical Data Sheet - Ilex

Originating from China and Japan, it belongs to the Aquifoliaceae family.In Bonsai, the most commonly used varieties are Ilex Microphylla and Ilex Crenata. It is an evergreen tree, small with a dark green tone.

Technical Sheet - Amoreira

Deciduous leaf bonsai, light green, which can be rounded or lobed. Highly valued for its fruits and autumn coloration.

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