Bonsai is considered suitable for about 400 species of plants cultivated indoors: camellia, azalea, Dracaena, Schefflera, Kordilina, Gardenia, Carmona, Cypress, Myrtle, most sorts of figs, for instance, pipal (scared fid), Ficus Benjamina (weeping fig). Bonsai can measure from 20 centimeters to 1 meter.
Bonsai trees include, first of all, trees with thick trunks. Unusually bent or broken branches, trunks with fractured or skinned bark, covered with moss are especially cherished. All this symbolizes long-term survival in difficult natural conditions and emphasizes naturalness.
A special trend within the art of bonsai is the creation of small landscapes, where not one tree is grown during a bowl, but an entire piece of nature, with a lake, stones, mini mountains, and even waterfalls. The art of bonsai doesn't tolerate trouble; it requires patient care.
Bonsai care may be a quiet ritual and meditation. The trees are cultivated for many years and centuries. There are bonsai specimens within the Imperial Garden in Japan, that are about 300-400 years old.
A true bonsai should bear the impression of the days. the worth of bonsai shouldn't be substantial, but only spiritual, because it has always been and is in China and Japan. However, bonsai are often sold for very high, simply mind-boggling prices. this is often for the subsequent reason: Bonsai takes a few years to accumulate a gorgeous shape and appearance like an old tree.
It often takes many hours of labor to make a tree over the years. Very old, especially valuable bonsai are sold extremely rarely since the vendor cannot afford to lose valuable specimens, which actually are planned to serve only as an attraction for visitors to his store.
Before bonsai appeared like something mysterious, they were some quiet magic and magic. However, actually, this is often not the case. Bonsai shaping is a kind, innocent patience and diligence of these individual elements are often mastered with the assistance of data of theory and its application in practice.
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