Buying Bonsai Plants In The UK
Trying to buy bonsai plants in the UK can sometimes be a bit of a struggle. Where do you look? How much are you willing to spend? Here’s a few short tips you help you out on your bonsai buying quest!
Avoid indoor bonsai in garden centres. Half of these trees are actually supposed to be outside and by the time you get them home they have been indoors for too long already and are starting to die. Types you see such as maple, juniper and hornbeam should never be brought indoors
If theres a good bonsai centre close to home, use it. Sure these places are more expensive than garden centres but they are much better looked after and the shop keepers can tell you exactly how to care for them. They will have been treated right their whole life so should be in perfect health. You are paying for the amount of care they have received.
Join a club where you’ll find others wanting to trade. Lots of bonsai owners like to swop and change their trees now and again so who better to swop with than other like minded individuals? Take your trees along that you want to trade and you will definitely find a taker.
Search on ebay. Ebay is a great place to buy bonsai trees. You can search by region so that the only ones that will appear are close to home so you won’t have to travel far to collect them. Smaller trees can be posted if you want to risk it.
Use a mail order online shop. There are some good online shops out there selling shrubs. This is by far the cheapest way to create your own bonsai and give it your own stamp without spending the earth.
