Bonsai Semi Cascade Style
Unlike the cascade style the semi cascade trunk will never grow below the bottom of the pot.
Bonsai semi cascade style. 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. Bonsai pruning tree pruning bonsai plants bonsai garden bonsai forest rock garden plants moss garden succulents garden bonsai tree care. The semi cascade style has a trunk that is allowed to grow straight for a certain distance and then is cascaded down at a less abrupt angle than in the cascade style. Less common forms include windswept weeping split trunk and driftwood styles.
The trunk grows upright for a small distance and then bends downwards sidewards. Dedicated to the art of bonsai and it s specific style or class designs. The cascade style of bonsai represents a natural tree growing down the face of an embankment. For more instructional videos please click the link below.
Semi cascade bonsai style han kengai the semi cascade style just like the cascade style is found in nature on cliffs and on the banks of rivers and lakes. The main trunk of a bonsai in a cascade form will bend downward past the lip of its container and past its root line. You typically see this bonsai in a tall skinny pot that is used to raise the bonsai off the ground to give it room to cascade. At the end of the video i review the thought process involved while styling the tree and how you might apply it to your own trees.
A semi cascade style bonsai is one in which the major cascading feature extends below the top rim of the pot but does not extend below the bottom of the pot. If you can picture a tree growing on the side of a cliff spilling off the mountain this is what cascade is meant to mimic. Semi cascade bonsai styles are very similar to cascade styles except for the fact that the tip of a semi cascading bonsai does not grow below the base level of the pot. Creating a cascade bonsai.
The branches on the main trunk will reach both out and up as though it were striving for the sun. For this reason the container should be placed on the edge of the table or on a small stand. Bonsai tree styles the japanese tradition describes bonsai tree designs using a set of commonly understood named styles but the most common styles include formal upright informal upright slanting semi cascade cascade raft literati and group forest. The cascade style is one of the most popular bonsai styles used today.
When styling semi cascade style be sure to balance the visual weight of the tree and the pot. The viewer will tend to have an unbalanced feeling if the nebari is not solid. In this video i style semi cascade juniper. In japanese a cascade bonsai form is called a kengai bonsai.