Bonsai - types

Bonsai - the art of recreating the miniatures of real trees, forced to grow in certain conditions. Depending on these most hypothetical conditions, there are many types and styles of growing bonsai.

Bonsai Styles

I must say that the occupation is quite fascinating, especially since the result obtained amazes and inspires. Here are classic types of bonsai with names and their decoding so that you can choose and create your own bonsai.

Style Tekkan (right upright) - the first form of bonsai for beginners. Characterized by a straight and conical trunk, thick roots, free from the branches of the lower part of the trunk. The branches gradually decrease toward the apex. Grow in this style can be almost any plant. It symbolizes proud loneliness and unbending will.

Moyogi (irregular upright) - from the right one differs in a curved trunk. There may be several bends. Roots are visible on the surface, the crown does not go beyond the bowl. Grow in this style can be juniper, pine, maple or oak.

Fukinagasi (trunk in the wind) repeats the shape of trees growing on the seashore, where the wind always has one direction and the branches are inclined one way. Best for this style is suitable birch and pine.

Syakan (inclined trunk) - often found in bonsai-collections. The plant grows with a thick or thin, but necessarily inclined trunk, branches are on both sides of it. For a more realistic picture of a twisted tree, some of the roots should be visible from the outside. This way you can grow oak, linden, juniper , maple, thuja, pine and many other plants.

Ikada (raft) - bonsai in this style are rare. Formed from a one-sidedly growing tree with a horizontally located and rooted barrel. The branches of such a tree are located vertically and look like a lot of trunks. Suitable plant varieties are ficus, spindle grass and some types of juniper.