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DAI>DAI - A BONSAI>BONSAI>BONSAI tree over 60 cms in height.
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DAI>DAI - Tree size sub-category in the "Large BONSAI>BONSAI>BONSAI" group, MEasuring between 76 and 122 cms. Also referred to in japan as "4 Handed" indicating how many men it would take to move one.
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DAI>DAIKI(OYAKI)>DAI KI (OYA KI) - The parent plant - or parent tree in BONSAI>BONSAI>BONSAI.
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DAI>DAI-ICHIBONSAI>BONSAI>BONSAI>DAI-ICHI BONSAI - Offer a wide range of goods for sale on-line from their web site and "Ebay" but also from callers at their two centres within Hillingdon garden Centres.
Contact - Hillier Garden Centre,
Priors Court Road,
Hermitage,
Newbury,
Berkshire,
RG18 9TG.
Tel: 01635 200667
Contact - Hillier Garden Centre,
Henley Road,
Mappleborough Green,
Studley,
Redditch
Warks.
B80 7DR
Tel: 01527 850202
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DAI>DAIZA - DAIZA is a wooden base carved to fit a specific SUISEKI viewing stone.
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DAMPING OFF - A group of FUNGAL DISEASEs which attack seedlings causing them to rot at the base, collapse and die. May be combatted by spraying with copper based FUNGICIDE.
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DANISH PINK - This is a particular type of cat litter sold under the brand naMEs Sophisticat and Tesco's Low Dust Lightweight Cat litter (small granules).
Not all cat litters are safe for BONSAI>BONSAI>BONSAI as they may be impregnated with harmful chemicals. However, these brands above are widely used in bonsai - see cat litter in the "GROWING MEDIUMs" section.
The attached weblink provides info on sources and also some bonsai articles about its use.
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DANSAI - This is a type of "trademark" used to describe unique works by Dan Barton - generally to his pot styles but it has also been used with specific reference to a Scots Pine GRAFT>GRAFTed by Dan from a witches broom found in Ashdown Forest, Sussex (Scots Pine var. "Dansai").
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Dawn redwood (MEtasequoia glyptostroboides) - This is a DECIDUOUS CONIFER native to Sichuan and Hubei provinces of China where it was discovered in 1941.
It is a fast growing tree (over 100 feet in the wild) with thick, spongy BARK and biPINNATE LEAVES which are bright green in the summer turning to red in autumn before shedding in winter.
Style : Most suitable styles for BONSAI>BONSAI>BONSAI are formal or informal upright.
WARNING : Dawn redwoods grown in the ground thrive in full sunlight, but as a potted bonsai, they will dry out too quickly if placed in direct sunlight. Place the bonsai in dappled or filtered sunlight. Be extra vigilant in the summer: Check the soil every day to make sure it is moist. The tree will quickly perish if allowed to dry out.
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DEADWOOD - Areas of dead wood on trees which immitate the action of nature where lightening STRIKEs, heavy winds or storms have damaged and killed off a part of a tree.
JINs and SHARIs are examples of deadwood. SoME trees, especially old JUNIPERS can be almost all deadwood with foliage carried on a single live vein.
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DECIDUOUS - Describes a tree or shrub which loses its LEAVES at the end of each growing season
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DECIDUOUSTREE>DECIDUOUS TREE - A tree that loses its LEAVES at the beginning of its DORMANT season (ABSCISSION).
SoMEtimes referred to a "BROADLEAF>BROADLEAF" trees but there are exceptions (like Larch) which have NEEDLEs which are lost during winter.
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