How to make lilac bonsai

Sourcing and curing

If you want to make a lilac bonsai, first you need to have a strong plant. The simplest way is to go to the mountain and dig a small seedling. You can dig it if there is one on the mountain, buy one if there is none, or plant one yourself according to the local situation.

If you don't know how to plant, I have prepared a complete guide for you: ☞ Lilac propagation method

The process of potting lilac

Choosing a pot: Since you want to make a bonsai, you should choose a beautiful pot. Lilac is suitable for a medium-deep ceramic pot, either square or round, depending on your preference. The color of the pot can be blue or light yellow, which will better match the color of the lilac.

Soil: Lilac likes loose, fertile soil. The potting soil can be humus-rich soil or garden soil. Avoid heavy stickiness. Change the pot and soil in time after 2 to 3 years.

Planting: No matter how you get the lilac seedlings, you must plant them in pots in February or March. Before planting, you need to trim the roots, cut off the old roots and diseased roots, leave more fibrous roots, and allow the roots to charge and stretch in the pot. Then press the soil firmly so that the roots are tightly combined with the soil. After watering thoroughly, place the plant in a cool place for a week, and then move it to a sunny place.

Lilac shaping and pruning

This is the final and most important step in bonsai shaping.

The leaves of lilac grow in pairs. When shaping them, they can be bundled to cultivate them into curved trunks, drooping branches, or slanted trunks, and the branches and leaves can be trimmed to have more layers.

The simplest way to shape it is to make it into a regular shape, with a curved trunk and branches and leaves distributed on both sides of the trunk, flat and slightly drooping, graceful and beautiful. When it blooms, the inflorescences are full of branches, which are very beautiful.