Bonsai

Bonsai in Russian language means "tree in a pot. There is an art in 200 BC. e. in China, more originally, it sounded like "pan-san. Several centuries later, along with Buddhism, the Japanese have mastered this art, brought it to perfection and now it is considered traditionally Japanese. |

The first image of bonsai literally - hatitue meet on scrolls late Kamakura period (1249-1382 gg.). Love of dwarf trees can be easily explained - not having a large area and opportunities to grow a garden near the house, the Japanese wanted to find a corner of nature in their own homes, and small trees did not occupy much space. First it was the massive enthusiasm, mainly among the common people. Much later, after the victory over China in 1885, became the subject of bonsai fashion, scientific study and collecting. Began to appear different schools and styles of bonsai cultivation.

To create a bonsai fit and removed about 400 species of plants. This bonsai has a size from 20 cm to 1,5-2 meters particular direction - the creation of miniature landscapes, where the bowl is grown in more than one tree, and a bit of nature, with the lake, stones, miniature mountains, and even waterfalls. Bonsai can not stand vanity, it requires patient care. Caring for bonsai - a kind of ritual and meditation. Trees are grown decades and centuries. In the imperial garden in Japan, there are examples of bonsai, which about 300-400 years.

From all this follows the conclusion that the true bonsai should bear the imprint of time. Therefore, to bonsai refers primarily trees with thick trunks. Especially prized oddly bent or broken branches, trunks or removed from the cracked bark, covered with moss. All this represents the long-term survival in difficult natural conditions, and stresses the naturalness.

Plants for Bonsai

To grow as a bonsai does not suit every plant. Although the art of bonsai is a genre in which the composition is formed from herbaceous plants, bonsai are traditionally grown from trees and shrubs, that is plants with a solid, often odrevesnevayuschy trunk and branches. The most valuable trees are conifers: pine, juniper, thuja, cypress, larch, because they are quite hardy and a piece of the world around us in miniature looks very unusual. In conifers often grown as a bonsai and hardwoods - maple, birch, ash, oak, beech, hornbeam, willow, etc. Especially colorful look fruiting and flowering trees - acacia, guava, pomegranate, myrtle, magnolia, peach, plum, citrus. In any case the choice of plants is determined by the conditions of detention - especially temperature. If the premise is cool, then you can take and for coniferous species, if the room is hot, especially in winter, the choice is limited to heat-loving plants (ficus, dracaena, kordilina, gardenia).