Bonsai Kengai Style
These factors cause the tree to grow downwards.
Bonsai kengai style. This bend makes the tree s branches appear to be. These are the same as the semi cascade except the tree extends below the bottom level of the pot. The apex is placed at tip of tree. Bonsai created in the cascade style should resemble trees growing on steep slopes in mountainous areas ravines or drainage areas.
With bonsai it can be difficult to maintain a downward growing tree because the direction of growth opposes the tree s natural tendency to grow upright. The part of the trunk over the pot can form a head by compact layers of foliage which should not hide the trunk curve. In han kengai they don t. Medium depth pot can be used for this style.
Cascade bonsai style kengai a tree living in nature on a steep cliff can bend downward as a result of several factors like snow or falling rocks. Cascade style in nature this tree grows on a rock face and because of snow and wind it first grows downwards and then upwards again. Cascade style kengai trunk between an angle 0 and 90 below the horizontal the trunk should rise from the pot for a short distance going down at a sharp angle and then meandering down. In kengai the leaves grow lower than the pot.
In nature trees are forced into all kinds of shapes under the influences of weather wind and placement. Cascade style tree bonsai han kengai. Half cascade style in nature this tree grows on a rock face and because of snow and wind it first grows downwards and then upwards again. This style is a close cousin of formal upright style bonsai but with a little innate cursive.
In this video mauro and friend style a mugo yamadori and they change the planting angle. Cascade or kengai the cascade style of bonsai represents a natural tree growing down the face of an embankment. This style is a symbol of diverse intimacy aims to emulate the appearance of a tree that has been struck in two by lightning or has been severely damaged by another event. In kengai the leaves grow lower than the pot.
The informal upright style has much the same branch arrangement as the formal upright style but the top instead of being erect as in the formal upright style bends slightly to the front. This style is usually created by careful chiselling and weathering of the trunk by the designer. The trunk of the tree is hollow and deeply split. In this bonsai style the trunk starts by growing upward from the soil then turns downward abruptly and reaches a point below the bottom edge of the container.