English Ivy Bonsai (One Dollar Bonsai)

Ciao Bella! For this post I am just going to talk about a cool Ivy start that I recently acquired. I got it at the nursery where I take my bonsai class, which I recently started going to again. I was looking at the discount section of the nursery. I usually do not find anything really to speak of, but this time was different. After looking for about thirty seconds, I saw some Ivy in a four inch pot. The leaves were yellow, but it didn't look too bad, and I saw potential. The total cost for it was a whopping $1.08! That same weekend, I got a nice pumice container from my sister's adoptive grandma. Here are some pictures.

Pumice Pot

 These are the before photos that I took. As you can see the leaves look a yellowish-green. The Plant was doing better than when I got it though. I didn't do much, besides cutting some of the dead wood off.
 This is the Needlepoint Variety of English Ivy. They have a different leaf shape than regular ivy, and also is not really invasive, unlike most types. This is so because the aerial roots don't dig into the trees they grow on, therefor not damaging it. Just a fun fact. Here are some pictures of the plant after I planted and wired it.

 I personally think it looks pretty good! Hope the pictures are good enough. As you can (hopefully) see, I wired the two main branches, and made them cascade over the tall pot. This is a good look for ivy, and since ivy is a vine, this also plays to the way the ivy will grow. Eventually the Ivy will just flow over the container. That's my plan anyways. In the future I might remove one of the branches so there is just one main branch, though I am not sure.
Quick care tips: Ivy likes to be dry for the most part. Don't over-water. Though if your's is outdoors, and it rains frequently, it probably won't hurt the plant, though Ivy is prone to fungal disease in soaked soil. I live in Washington, and Ivy grows (literally) like a weed here. Though it is not the Needlepoint variety. Ivy also likes shade. try to put it somewhere away from the sun, you could use a north facing window, or if it's outdoors, put it underneath a shady tree (or something like one). The one thing that worries me about this bonsai are the roots, the roots took up quite a bit of the space, so I was not able to put a lot of soil for some of it. I am worried that the roots will get too much air. We will have to wait and see.

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