Growing Bonsai in the Middle East

I'm living in Dubai, UAE (in the Middle East) and want to start growing Bonsai. In Summer, it gets up to 40-50C, so i think it would be too hot for Bonsai (i have a native New Zealand Tree). What should or can i do?

Thanks

Andrew F

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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

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