Tiny Forests Bonsai Tree

Trees used for a shohin forest have to be selected at a young age to be able to train them in the pot from the very beginning.

Tiny forests bonsai tree. The trees have very strong healthy trunks and are much thicker than i expected. Although it can be hard to successfully dig out the trees and transport them home these are trees that often possess extraordinarily qualities for bonsai purposes. 2 a tiny little bonsai tree by eric sin. Creating a shohin bonsai forest may seem an impossible job.

Instead of creating and displaying a single tree with a forest we create a complete landscape. Use a standard bonsai soil mixture of akadama pumice and lava rock mixed together in a ratio of to to read the bonsai soil article for more detailed information on soil mixtures for different species of trees climates etc. All junipers are easy to train and care and makes very appealing bonsai. Junipers are one of the most popular trees for bonsai.

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. This is the smallest bonsai tree that i know of with a pending guinness record. This beautiful bonsai was recently sold at the 38th annual nippon bonsai taikan exhibition for 1 800 000 which is equal to approximately us 15 800. Almost any conifer species can be grown as a bonsai.

It fact the tops are so thick that they overrun each other s top space. Almost any species can be used for bonsai forests larches maples hornb eams beech pines junipers the list is endless. The trees need to be placed together in a nice composition in a shallow container while staying under the 20cm 8 inches size restriction of shohin bonsai. Junipers cannot live indoors.

After having selected the trees and the pot follow the step by step plan below to create the group planting. It is said that when you look at a well made bonsai forest you could almost imagine tiny birds flying through the branches. The pot is way too small. The trees are healthy in spite of having 30 40 leaves knocked off by the styrofoam peanuts.

Japanese black pine shimpaku juniper cypress white cedar spruce japanese white pine and larch. The cedar taxus juniper and pine families all have many subspecies and varieties to choose from. Collecting trees yamadori digging out trees from the forest. Born in ōmiya ku saitama japan on march 31 1940 kimura is widely regarded as a genius and pioneer in the world of bonsai.

3 shohin crabapple by katsumi. The picture below is a larch forest that we produce on the nursery. Yamadori sometimes trees that remained small can be found in nature due to natural circumstances such as a lack of nutrients. The foliage is thick and unruly for a bonsai.

The forest style in japanese yose ue is one of the most popular styles of bonsai. Enjoy viewing seven stunning examples of bonsai forests.