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GAFU - Tree size sub-classification in the "Miniature" BONSAI>BONSAI range, measuring 13-20 cms
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GAFU-BONSAI>BONSAI>GAFU-BONSAI - Bonsai sized under 25 cms.
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GAFU-TEN>GAFU-TEN - Shohin BONSAI>BONSAI exhibition held annually in Kyoto in January.
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GALLS - These are swollen, mis-formed LEAVES caused by a VARIETY of pests of fungi.
Some are specific to tree types e.g. oak apple or aZAlea gall.
They are generally harmless in themselves and should be removed and burned.
See also "Yew tree gall"
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GARDENIA (GARDENIA JASMINOIDES) - Tender, EVERGREEN shrub with strongly fragrant FLOWERS which appear in early/late summer. LEAVES are glossy green and lance SHAPEd, borne in WHORLs of 3.
STYLE : Suited to informal upright, slanting, semi-cascade, root-over-rock, twin-trunk, CLUMP and multiple trunk.
WARNING : This lime-hating plant needs lime free water and ericaceous soil and fertilizer.
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GARDENING SCOTLAND - Venue for the largest exhibition of BONSAI>BONSAI in the Scottish Calendar. Gardening Scotland is Scotland's National Celebration of Gardening and Outdoor Living.
If you want to find the best plants, catch the latest gardening trends, find a designer to transform your own garden or ask the experts about anything from growing vegetables to keeping bees, then this is the one Show that you won't want to miss!
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GEOMETER MOTH - These CATERPILLARS eat foliage leaving holes in the buds and silken threads between the foliage and the soil, via which they climb down.
Treatment includes treating with oil-based products at winters end in order to destroy any eggs and applying lindane or PARATHION based insecticides in spring.
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GEORGE'S JAPANESE GARDEN - Not really a dealer, nor a club. Site is a walk-through of George's gardens which include many Japanese features in addition to some BONSAI>BONSAI.
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GERMINATION - The point of growth initiation of a seed with the seed developing initial ROOTS.
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GI SEI SHI (SACRIFICE BRANCH) - Term used to describe a branch left to grow with the purpose of promoting overall growth of the tree as part of the development of a BONSAI>BONSAI. Also known as a "sacrifice" branch, this would be removed or pruned once its purpose was served.
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GINGKO BILOBA (MAIDENHAIR TREE) - This is a DECIDUOUS TREE, once thought to be extinct but re-discovered in China in the 17th century.
Columnar SHAPEd tree with dense upright branches which bear distinctively shaped LEAVES which turn from green to pale yellow in autumn. Although the Ginkgo is more like a conifer than a deciduous tree it is neither. Recent research suggests that it has a unique position which is much closer to the cycads than to either conifers or deeciduous trees.
STYLE : best suited to formal upright and CLUMP styles.
WARNING : Keep tree from prolonged freezing. Fleshy ROOTS can "explode" as a result of excess water expanding when it freezes.
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GIRDLING - Also referred to as "ring-BARKing". The removal of a band of bark (which can vary in width) from all around the trunk of a tree or branch when air-LAYERING or trying to encourage new ROOTS to form at the point of the girdle.
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GIRTH - The circumference of the tree trunk as measured just above the root base.
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GISEISHI - This is the Japanese term for a sacrifice branch e.g. a branch grown specifically to help thicken the TRUNK OF THE TREE but which will not form part of the final image and so will be removed when the desired trunk thickness has been acheived.
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GLABROUS LEAF - Smooth - without hairs
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