Free Bonsai Basics Ebook
INTRODUCTION
"Bonsai art is the display of a landscape - without the
landscape."
--Nobu Kajiwara
This quote couldn’t be truer. Growing and sculpting
bonsai trees can be quite a satisfying
hobby. It is a hobby;
however, that requires a tremendous amount of patience.
When you take a
simple sapling and mold it to your desire,
you’ll be rewarded with a beautiful piece of art you can
truly
be proud of!
The term bonsai literally means plant in a pot or tray
planting. Bonsai however
is much more than simply a plant
in a pot. The goal of bonsai is to create the appearance of
great
size and age. This is accomplished by creating a
bonsai with strong roots that extend in all
directions,
creating a sense of stability, a large trunk which tapers as it
goes upward, a clear apex,
and well formed and well placed
branches. These features all combine to create a careful
blend of
symmetry, balance and proportion. It also must be
displayed in a pot which harmonizes well with
the plant
material.
Bonsai is the art of growing trees in a confined space to
simulate certain
environmental conditions such as great age,
extreme weathering, twisted or contorted form,
landscape,
or other factors..................
