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Keep it in the shade during the summer in your environment, and make sure the soil does not dry out. *You can add a humidifying tray beneath the plant with the tree elevated above it on a layer of gravel or marbles. *Not to keep the plant humid, but to take advantage of evaporative cooling.

Pot the plants in deeper, oversize pots until you understand their needs a little better. *Some shade cloth over your growing area would definitely be helpful.

New Zealand Tea Tree ( Leptospermum scoparium )is better adapted to heat than most other bonsai plants. *They grow them successfully in Phoenix, Arizona, and its native habitat isn't much different.

Here are a couple of links for you:

http://www.bonsai-bci.com/species/nztea.html

http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Myrtaceae/Leptospermum_scoparium.html

Other trees that can do well in a desert climate can be found on the Phoenix Bonsai Club webpage here:

http://www.users.qwest.net/~rjbphx/PPlants.html

Regards,

Matt

24-Jan-2002	#2
TreeBay Tips:5¢ Advice:Free *MODERATOR GROUP* Join Date: Aug-2001 Location: Silicon Valley Country: USA USDA Zone: 9 AHS Heat Zone: 4 Posts: 9,745	Re: Growing Bonsai in the Middle East Keep it in the shade during the summer in your environment, and make sure the soil does not dry out. You can add a humidifying tray beneath the plant with the tree elevated above it on a layer of gravel or marbles. Not to keep the plant humid, but to take advantage of evaporative cooling. Pot the plants in deeper, oversize pots until you understand their needs a little better. Some shade cloth over your growing area would definitely be helpful. New Zealand Tea Tree ( Leptospermum scoparium )is better adapted to heat than most other bonsai plants. They grow them successfully in Phoenix, Arizona, and its native habitat isn't much different. Here are a couple of links for you: http://www.bonsai-bci.com/species/nztea.html http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Myrtaceae/Leptospermum_scoparium.html Other trees that can do well in a desert climate can be found on the Phoenix Bonsai Club webpage here: http://www.users.qwest.net/~rjbphx/PPlants.html Regards, Matt __________________ Want to be a seller on bonsaiAUCTIONS? Get authorized today! bonsaiTALK: Over 100,005.36 Megabytes Served this Month!