Detailing The Entertaining Art Of Tending Bonsai Plants

By Katsuya Chiba


The Japanese term, for which this form of art is now commonly known, means exactly the same as its Chinese opposite number. And after about 500 years of being practiced in Japan, the art form has gained popularity all around the globe.

Bon sai is an oriental art form that traces its origins thousands of years back to the ancient Chinese priests, who referred to the art form as pun-sai, which literally interprets to 'tree in pot. ' More than one thousand years after it was first practiced, the Japanese adopted the art form and then developed and altered it in order to make a version that is markedly their own.

In spite of the literal translation of the term, though, the art of bon sai involves so much more than simply planting trees in a pot. Among other things, it needs the careful weighing and balancing of shape, proportion, harmony, and scale.

As a practitioner of this art form, it's your responsibility to reach such a combo to show your deference and love for nature vua dedicated Bonsai care. What this suggests is that a plant placed in a pot does not become a masterwork of this art form until you have devoted the obligatory time, effort, and patience in pruning, shaping, and coaching it to achieve your chosen shape.

Take note that the trees used in this art form are not naturally small. Rather, they are kept tiny with the utilisation of special techniques that permit you to control the growing conditions of the plant. Only those branches necessary in attaining the intended design are kept, and all the others are trimmed off. Root expansion is also controlled thru periodic clipping and re-potting.

A bon sai tree generally changes from one season to the next and its beauty naturally develops over the course of time which allows you to appreciate it rather more as time passes.




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