The Art of Bonsai

Bonsai is the art of creating miniature trees, cultivating them for years in a small vase. With this particular technique directs the plant during the growth process, to assume the shapes and dimensions required, while respecting balance completely vegetative and functional. There is talk of bonsai art, as do bonsai is an art that involves various knowledge, both in the general field of botany, and in the more particular techniques bonsai. All these skills are applied to grow a plant that meets certain aesthetic. Another interesting aspect is that it is a work of art never finished: the plant continues to grow and change, so you must always look after her. Index: The Bonsai Style broom upside - Hokidachi Formal upright style - Chokkan Informal upright style - Moyogi Style inclined - Shakkan Cascading Style - Kengai Style semi-cascade - Han-kengai Literati style - Bunjingi Style Battered by the wind - Fukinagashi Style double-trunk - Sokan Style triple trunk Style stump - Kabudachi Style exposed root - Neagari Style wood - Yose-ue Rock style bonsai - Seki-Joju Ishitsuki - Ishisuki Style raft - ikadabuki Style with shari - Sharimiki Style Dry wood - Sharikan Methods for obtaining Watering Bonsai The Repotting a bonsai Parasites and diseases of bonsai Position, temperature, and sunlight Pruning bonsai Spinning bonsai Defoliation of bonsai The foot of bonsai The trunk of the bonsai Cards bonsai: Acacia Maple Maple Apricot-tree Azalea Hackberry Birch Bosso Persimmon Camellia Carmona Hornbeam Cedar of Lebanon Celtis sinensis Cherry Japanese cypress Cypress Quince Eleagnus Beech crenata European beech Ficus Benjamin Ash Chinese Wisteria Jasmine Larch Privet Lilac Melo Pomegranate Olive tree Elm Olmo Caucasus Peach Pino Silvestre Oak Rosemary Siliquastro Linden Read more