What is Bonsai?
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Bonsai has been around for centuries. It’s been raised, trimmed and cared for by many Chinese and Japanese, who do bonsai planting and growing as an form of art and hobby. Bonsai hobbyists are growing rapidly with many more people all over the world, not just Japan and China, now practicing the art of tray planting.
With this growth, it’s not surprising that bonsai of all sizes, styles, and shapes can be found in the rooms and gardens of hundreds of households in the United States and other countries in North America and Europe.
Learning the art of tray planting or bonsai is a long process that requires you to exert and spend much time, effort, and patience. In addition, you’ll need to use your imagination and creativity to make your bonsai tree in a true sense. This is why artists and hobbyists often label bonsai as an imagination tree.
What is Bonsai?
What is bonsai? That’s what most people ask when they hear the term bonsai. For beginners, the main characteristic you should understand is that bonsai is a miniature plant grown in containers, but cared and respected as an art form. What makes it a form of art lies in the fact that unlike other plants, bonsai are grown and formed to look like a naturally and century-old tree — but in its smallest form.
Bonsai, although a unique horticultural art form, can be developed either from cuttings, or through seeds. There are, however, some growers who develop bonsai from existing young trees or from those diminutive trees taken from the woods and forests.
For these plants to be called a bonsai, they need to be planted and transferred into a pot or container. It’s worth noting that the transfer of the plants or seeds into a pot is what holds the very core of bonsai planting. It’s patterned from the term “bon” meaning pot or tray, and “sai” which stands for tree or plant.
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