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Question: Bonsai tree styles - what are the basic styles for beginner bonsai trees?

(Posted by: Maggie on 2008-01-13 07:55:04)

I'd also like to know more about Japanese bonsai gardening as a popular art form - - plus a guide on how to grow bonsai trees and shrubs.

Posted by: mann on 2008-01-13, 08:30:43

Bonsai is the art of training everyday, average plants, such as Pine, Cypress, Holly, Cedar, Cherry, Maple, and Beech, to look like large, old trees just in miniature form. These trees range from five centimeters to one meter and are kept small by pruning, re-potting, pinching of growth, and wiring the branches. Bonsai can be classified into five basic styles: 1. formal upright 2. informal upright 3. slanting 4. cascade 5. semi-cascade These classifications are based on the overall shape of the tree and how much the trunk slants away from an imaginary vertical axis. The numerous Japanese bonsai styles are principally variations of these five basic styles. The single trunk style is the basic design that is simplest to shape because the one trunk determines the overall composition.

Posted by: just wonderin on 2008-01-13, 08:13:53

The following link should be of some help to you bonsaisite.com/

Posted by: Bill Choat on 2008-01-13, 11:19:17

The answer is on the Bonsai Care page that I wrote on my site: american-bonsai.com . It will give you an idea of what bonsai is all about and some insight into my personal concerns with bonsai designs, etc. I am often editing that section, but the basic principles will stay the same.