Bonsai Group Planting
The true and total form of creation which lies in the japanese soul lives on in the bonsai.
Bonsai group planting. Many species of evergreen and deciduous trees are suitable for group plantings especially. First of all suitable bonsai plants need to be selected. See more ideas about bonsai bonsai forest bonsai tree. Use trees mostly growing upright as the composition could look unnatural when using different shapes of trees.
It is a genus of 50 species of evergreen coniferous shrubs of which juniper procumbens nana is very popular among beginners who are just starting out to make a bonsai tree. It is therefore to the advantage of a beginning student to master the principles of twin and triple trunk plantings before attempting a forest. Creating a bonsai group planting group plantings replicate a number of trees growing together in a copse wood or a forest and show the interplay between the trees and their branches as they compete for light and nutrients spring is the best time of year to create a group planting. Group bonsai plantings species for group plantings.
The time required to grow bonsai trees can be several decades or even a century or two. The purpose of this art is the expression of a total authentic harmony between natural and artificial law. It can be regarded as a monument of our confession of faith. Creating perspective and space.
Twin and triple trunk plantings are generally not thought of as forests but the principles inherent in their construction are repeated and ramified in the construction of a forest planting. In a group planting you must create an illusion of distance and space. We named our company bonsai group as we were inspired by a strong belief that we will grow based on our passion and dreams. Junipers are one of the most popular trees for bonsai.
Successful groups can be created using young thin trunked plants with little taper that would otherwise have little use as individual bonsai specimens without considerable training. Mar 13 2020 explore gpollheim s board bonsai group planting saikei on pinterest. Bonsai how to create a group planting for boxwood. A bonsai planting consisting of more than one trunk can technically be considered a group planting.
All junipers are easy to train and care and makes very appealing bonsai.