It's Japanese because art came to us from this sunny country. From the Japanese language its name translates as "a tree in a bowl." Small bonsai trees, usually growing no more than 1 meter, accurately repeat the appearance of an adult tree growing in the wild.
Sometimes, to create an even more realistic picture, moss, stones and other decorative elements are added to it. Thus, it is possible to repeat in a miniature a piece of the natural landscape.
History of the Japanese bonsai tree
It is known that more than 2,000 years ago the art of bonsai originated in China under the name of Penzin, and only in the 6th century it was transferred to Japan. About a hundred years ago, art became incredibly popular in Japan, and from there it came to us and spread all over the world.
Bonsai - which tree to choose?
In the practice of bonsai use very many types of trees, both coniferous, and deciduous and flowering. You can use pine, spruce, larch, juniper, cypress, ginkgo, beech, hornbeam, linden, maple, cotoneaster, birch, zelkvu, cherry, plum, apple tree, rhododendron .
Not bad in the room conditions themselves feel different kinds of small-leaved ficuses, carmone, pomegranate, murraia, sugeration, olive, lagrestemia, fuchsia, myrtle, rosemary, boxwood, psidium, small-leaved Chinese elm, small-fruited citrus (lemon, kinkan, Kalamondin).
How much does a bonsai tree grow?
A living bonsai tree can be grown from seeds or from ready-made seedlings. There is also the so-called bonsai method, when you find a plant in the wild, transplant it into a container and then grow and form.
The first method is the most complex and time-consuming. However, it is he who brings the greatest pleasure, since you can cherish and form your tree from the very beginning. Depending on the plant species chosen, its rooting and time to the first forming pruning can take up to 5 years.