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. After teaching bonsai to beginners for several years I am constantly reminded of my past and how bonsai became such a big part of my life. It also reminds me of what I love about teaching beginners on the subject of how to grow bonsai and that is, being able to shed light [...] The term bonsai brings up a mental picture of miniature Japanese trees that are cut and pruned to certain specifications. However, the term bonsai literally translated, means plant in a tray. These trees are much smaller than what one might normally expect they do not really have to be just a few inches [...] Bonsai is an ancient art of growing trees; it is a practice borrowed from the ancient oriental Japanese culture. It is assumed that the original bonsai art was done by Chinese but was better developed by the Japanese. bonsai involves the raising of trees in a miniature, and displaying them in more decorative [...] Basic Styles There are five basic styles for bonsai trees: formal upright, informal upright, slanting, cascade, and semi-cascade. These classifications are based on the overall shape of the tree and how much the trunk slants away from an imaginary vertical axis. The numerous Japanese bonsai styles are principally variations of these five basic styles. The single trunk style is the basic design that is simplest to shape because the one trunk determines the overall composition. Formal Upright The formal upright style has classic proportions and is the basis of all bonsai. It is the easiest for a beginner bonsai to develop because it requires the least experimentation, avoids the problem of selective bonsai tree pruning, bonsai trimming and should almost immediately become a displayable bonsai plant. In this style, the form is sometimes rounded and the bonsai tree has an erect leader and horizontal branches. One of the branches is lower and extends a little farther from the trunk than the others . Bonsai in the formal upright style look best in bonsai pottery that are oval or rectangular. Do not center the plant when placing it in the container. Plant it about a third of the distance from one end. Continue reading 5 bonsai Tree Styles Image via Wikipedia Welcome to the Houston Energy Healers Meetup group. http://www.meetup.com/houstonenergyhealers/ OUR MAIN ENERGY HEALERS MEETUP, Third Monday Our main Meetup date is the third Monday evening of each month. We meet at a lovely New Age shop: Temples Gate 625 W. 19th Street Houston, TX 77008 (in the Heights, [...] Image by DominusVobiscum via Flickr The art of growing bonsais is an ancient Asian tradition. In Japanese, bonsai means “tray gardening”. There are traces of bonsais (miniature trees or bushes) in Egypt, Japan and China, where it was considered that the miniature tree would have concentrated the powers of the actual-size tree. [...] |
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