Bonsai

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English: : Bonsai (盆栽, "tray gardening", in Japanese) is the art of growing trees and plants, kept small by being grown in a pot and by the use of skilled pruning, formed to create an aesthetic shape and the illusion of age, although many bonsai trees are quite old and simply show their age in miniature form. The Chinese art of penjing is very similar to and is the precursor of the Japanese art of bonsai.

Español: Bonsai (盆栽, "bandeja de jardinería", en japonés) es el arte de cultivar árboles y plantas, manteniéndolas pequeñas al cultivarse en una maceta y por el uso de expertos podadores.

Français : Le bonsaï (盆栽, parfois orthographié, bonzaï), est un arbre dans un pot. C'est l'art de miniaturiser des arbres ou des plantes en taillant et ligaturant leurs branches et leurs feuilles

Contents

1 Well-known bonsai
2 Styles
- 2.1 Illustrations
3 Specific features
4 Other images
5 See also

Well-known bonsai[edit]

John Naka's Goshin
Hiroshima Survivor, nearly 400 years old
Daimyo Oak, given to Anson Burlingame in the 1860s

Styles[edit]

Masculine informal upright style cedar in masculine pot
Feminine informal upright style maple in feminine pot
Formal upright style Baldcypress
Broom style Japanese Zelkova
Slant style California Juniper
Root-over-rock style Trident Maple
Literati style Japanese Black Pine
Semi-cascade style Mugo Pine
Cascade style Virginia Creeper
Twin-trunk style Japanese White Pine
Multi-trunk style Atlas Cedar
Raft style Japanese Garden Juniper
Spruce forest planting
Growing-in-a-rock style Chinese Elm
Exposed roots style Trident Maple
Windswept style Key Lime
Bankan (twisted) style Japanese Black Pine

Illustrations[edit]

Formal upright style
Informal upright style
Broom style
Slant style
Root-over-rock style
Literati style
Semi-cascade style
Cascade style
Twin-trunk style
Raft style
Forest style
Growing-in-a-rock style
Exposed roots style
Windswept style
Bankan (twisted) style

Specific features[edit]

Sargent Juniper with extensive deadwood (jin and shari)
Crabapple with strong taper
Chinese Banyan with powerful nebari
Chinese Elm with fine ramification

Other images[edit]

See also[edit]

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