Bonsai

BONSAI

An elegant album celebrates an ancient horticultural art form.

This 150-year-old Japanese five-needle pine in an antique Chinese container has been trained in the informal upright style. Asymmetrically positioned branches with short needles are prized with bonsai.

BONSAI

An elegant album celebrates an ancient horticultural art form.

The golden full moon maple, this one 25 years old in an American container, is usually grown for its bright yellow spring foliage which turns lime green in early summer.

BONSAI

An elegant album celebrates an ancient horticultural art form.

Green Island fig does well under low light and humidity conditions. This 40-year-old cultivar in a Japanese container has small, thick dark green leaves that when pinched become very tiny.

BONSAI

An elegant album celebrates an ancient horticultural art form.

Tensho satsuki azalea is an excellent bonsai, especially for smaller sizes since the multi-colored blossoms are rather small. This 35-year-old bonsai in Japanese Tokoname ware was started from a cutting and was trained in the ground for approximately 20 years to develop the thick trunk.

BONSAI

An elegant album celebrates an ancient horticultural art form.

Japanese maples can be enjoyed all year round. The lower trunk of this 70-year old specimen in a Chinese container seems to melt into the radiating surface root system.

BONSAI

An elegant album celebrates an ancient horticultural art form.

Sargents junipers like this 40-year-old specimen in an American container  are trained into many different bonsai forms. Japanese bonsai artist Toshio Kawamoto established saikei, a type of tray landscapes, in the 1960s because he wanted to popularize and expand bonsai art.

BONSAI

An elegant album celebrates an ancient horticultural art form.

Bald cypress, like this 60-year-old in Japanese Tokoname ware, is native to the southern areas of the United States. It is found naturally growing in water, often in swamps, and is also called swamp cypress.

BONSAI

An elegant album celebrates an ancient horticultural art form.

The Formosan juniper, native to Taiwan, is similar to the Sargents juniper of Japan. This 70-year-old masterpiece Formosan juniper bonsai in Japanese Tokoname ware is an excellent example of the classic slanting style.