Pine Bonsai Literati

Scots pine literati bonsai styling sbr3 sweden 2019 page 1.

Pine bonsai literati. The bonsai shape shown here closely follows the aesthetic principles established for literati paintings. Literati pine development update 3rd february 2019 4 minutes read. Since a literati trunk usually features quite a bit of movement junipers because of their elasticity make excellent bonsai subjects. Bunjin is one of the most difficult styles of bonsai to successfully realize as it requires special.

Bunjin or literati as known to the chinese is a style which japanese red pines traditionally are styled in and it is a style which was ideally suited to this tree. It tends to be more compact and therefore more suitable for more styles of bonsai. The needles which may be blue green or yellow green are borne in pairs. Deciduous species do not work as well because of their tendency to break and for foliage to always assume an upward growing path.

Page 1 of 1. The tree makes a delightful bonsai. Like quick strokes of a calligraphy brush the literati bonsai portrays the fullness of a tree with few precise stokes. Although it looks like it may have been collected from the wild yamadori it was not.

The principle of development is the same with the ultimate ambition of a literati tree means that many branches still need to be removed. Beuvronensis pine or dwarf pine is a dwarf form of scots pine and is an outdoor evergreen. The new bonsai book for 2019 by harry harrington bonsai books bonsai tools bonsai for sale carving tools bonsai pots bonsai t shirts. Pine also work well as do a large number of other evergreens.

The scots pine that featured in the earlier post from 2015 has now grown enough ready for the next stage. They first appeared during the song dynasty 960 1279 a d like so many bonsai this tree has a story. Literati painting was born of minimalism philosophy and the attempts to duplicate these painted trees with real trees in the form of bonsai stayed true to its parent literati bonsai were tree forms reduced to the bare elements. It has fully acclimatized and is growing strongly.