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Bonsai

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