Bonsai Basics

The world is full of people who aren’t happy with simply owning a single bonsai tree that is sedately displayed on their desk or table top. These people prefer to display their love of bonsai trees in a decorative bonsai garden. read more..

The art of making bonsai is magnified by the many different styles that you can manipulate your bonsai tree into. There are various styles that you can do with your bonsai that are available for viewing at any bonsai gallery. You may not know the names of the different bonsai styles at a bonsai gallery but you will soon learn them. read more..

A bonsai forest is a style of bonsai where a miniature forest made up of small trees is made in a bonsai tray or pot. This is actually one of the bigger bonsai creations that can be made by a bonsai gardener. A bonsai forest usually has trees which are grown straight and tall with lesser or no curvature to mar the forest like appearance of the plants. In most cases of bonsai forest styles, the trees are all of the same species. A mixture of different tree species is rarely done by gardeners. read more..

The cultivation of bonsai trees has been a Japanese tradition for hundreds and hundreds of years. Bonsai literally translates to “tray planting,” and involves actively cultivating trees into an artistic dwarfed version of themselves. Bonsai trees are not a special dwarf or hybrid species of a common tree; they’re genetically the same as their much bigger relatives. It’s the careful cultivation and bonsai shaping techniques that keeps these trees miniature in size. However, bonsai trees are not sick or damaged. In fact, given the proper attention, the bonsai version of a tree can exceed the life expectancy of the same tree if it were grown in the wild. read more..