The Art of Bonsai started many centuries ago in China and Japan like the art of growing miniature trees. But unusual bonsai may be miniaturized from almost any plants and garden herbs with woody and semiwoody stems - you just need to have know-how; aesthetic sense and originality; determination and patience to shape and refine its shape again and again, to prune, wire and train them until will give the viewer the impression of bonsai trees many years old. Theoretically, Bonsai uses cultivation techniques like pruning, root reduction, potting, defoliation, and grafting to produce small trees that mimic the shape and style of mature, full-sized trees. Some of the most common Bonsai Styles which have been developed over the years are illustrated below:  CHOKKAN - formal upright bonsai BUNJINGI - literati style bonsai TACHIKI- Informal upright style bonsai SHAKAN - slanting style bonsai FUKINAGASHI - windswept style bonsai KEN GAI - cascade style bonsai ISHITZUKI - root-over-rock style bonsai HOKIDACHI - broom style bonsai NEAGARI - exposed root style bonsai MOYOGI - curved informal upright bonsai BAN KAN - coiled style bonsai SOKAN - twin trunk style bonsai SANKAN - triple trunk style bonsai KABUDACHI - clump style bonsai IKADA - raft style bonsai NETSURANARI - raft from root or sinuous style bonsai YOSE-UE - two or more trees in one container |
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