什么树最适合做指上盆景 (中英文）

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文：CHAD 翻译：可艺

雀梅 (制作：CHAD）

什么是指上盆景呢？指上盆景有趣的是特指这些盆景的大小。过去，我也曾经做过一些大型盆景，但最终我发现这些微小迷你盆景能给我带来了更多的快乐，因为它不需要花费太多的时间让它们看起来像真正的树林，而大型盆景可能需要许多年甚至十年或者几十年，而小盆景却只需要一年或者更多一点的时间。

A fun thing about these “finger penjing” is their size. I have worked on larger penjing in the past, but found that the smaller penjing brought me more joy because it doesn’t take too much time for them to look like little trees, whereas larger penjing may take many years or even decades, smaller ones take a year or more depending on the species.

六月雪 （制作：CHAD）

多年来我发现这些成长中的小盆景总是让人惊喜，比如像六月雪，刺柏，榆树和金弹子，在众多树种里面，它们是最适合做指上盆景的。

I’ve found over the years of growing these little wonders, that species like serissas, junipers, elm and zelcova work best. There are other species that work well too, but those mentioned are the best when it came to growing little penjing.

刺柏 （制作：CHAD）

我也发现一些树种可能比较难照顾，当然这取决于你对它们做些什么，比如给它们换盆，从里到外，改变浇水等。就像榕树，六月雪和四川胡椒树等。

I’ve also found that some species can be moody, depending on what you do with them such as moving them from one spot to another, inside to outside, change in watering. Ficus, serissas and Sichuan pepper trees are somewhat moody.

松树（本图片来源于网络）

并非所有的树木生长都很快有些像松树和刺柏一样缓慢，而六月雪和雀梅就生长得相当快。杜鹃花以稳定的速度生长，当它们开花时，相当的美丽。但为了控制它们的大小，有时候你不希望它们有太多的花，因为可能会造成很大的压力并使树木疲惫。所以有几朵花，会没事的，看上去也非沉睡的漂亮。

Not all trees grow fast. Some are quite slow like pine and junipers, whereas serissa and Chinese bird plum grow quite fast. Azaleas grow at a steady pace and when they flower, are quite beautiful, but because of their size, you don’t want them to have too many flowers since that can cause a lot of stress and tire the tree. So a couple of flowers, would be fine.

杜娟 （本图来源于网络）

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