Bonsai Branch Rules

The wire should be thick enough to hold the branch in its new shape.

Bonsai branch rules. Many nice bonsai have been done with less. No crossing branches or branches that cross the trunk. No eye poking branches pointed directly at viewer. Two effects not desirable for the design of bonsai trees.

Branches go on the outside of the curves no belly branches. Height should be six times the caliper of the trunk. Among the aesthetic principals of visual art are line form color texture composition dimension perspective and balance. As a rule of thumb use wire of 1 3 of the thickness of the branch you are wiring.

Some of my bonsai lover friends asked me to make this type of tutorial videos for beginners. Both wiring techniques will be discussed in more detail now and information about how to safely bend the wired branches will be provided at the end of this page. Three branches supported by a trunk growing on up beyond them are enough to make an excellent bonsai. Bonsai pruning bonsai plants bonsai garden ficus ginseng bonsai succulent planters succulent wall garden pond succulents garden urban gardening.

By distributing growth to the top and outer edges the tree s inner and lower branches will eventually die while top branches grow out of proportion. In the rule i find the wisdom. If the trunk is curved as in the informal upright style the branches should emerge from outside of the curve. Trunk should lean slightly toward the.

Style of the pot should match the. Bonsai branch rules 12 rules to trim bonsai branches. A step by step guide follows below. This video is about the principles of bonsai branch selection.

Left branch right branch back branch 1 2 3 in an upward spiral. Please give your feed back in the. The apex should be treated as a small bonsai for pines and most gymnosperm trees. Obviously all the textbook conventions for bonsai are derived from fundamental concepts of artistry and aesthetic principals of visual art.

The rules of bonsai trunk and nebari rules. Saved by celina hinojosa. Golden rules for bonsai branches no crossing branches or branches that cross the trunk. There should be slightly fewer branches at the front than at the back so that the viewer will have good impression of depth and perspective.