Bonsai Kengai Style

In kengai the leaves grow lower than the pot.
Bonsai kengai style. The informal upright style has much the same branch arrangement as the formal upright style but the top instead of being erect as in the formal upright style bends slightly to the front. In nature trees are forced into all kinds of shapes under the influences of weather wind and placement. This style is usually created by careful chiselling and weathering of the trunk by the designer. In kengai the leaves grow lower than the pot.
With bonsai it can be difficult to maintain a downward growing tree because the direction of growth opposes the tree s natural tendency to grow upright. In han kengai they don t. These factors cause the tree to grow downwards. Cascade style kengai trunk between an angle 0 and 90 below the horizontal the trunk should rise from the pot for a short distance going down at a sharp angle and then meandering down.
Medium depth pot can be used for this style. International bonsai master mauro stemberger has a new video out titled mugo pine kengai style. Cascade bonsai style kengai a tree living in nature on a steep cliff can bend downward as a result of several factors like snow or falling rocks. Cascade style in nature this tree grows on a rock face and because of snow and wind it first grows downwards and then upwards again.
These are the same as the semi cascade except the tree extends below the bottom level of the pot. The trunk of the tree is hollow and deeply split. This style is a symbol of diverse intimacy aims to emulate the appearance of a tree that has been struck in two by lightning or has been severely damaged by another event. Semi cascade han kengai is very close to an extremely slanted trunk style.
Bonsai created in the cascade style should resemble trees growing on steep slopes in mountainous areas ravines or drainage areas. This bend makes the tree s branches appear to be. Half cascade style in nature this tree grows on a rock face and because of snow and wind it first grows downwards and then upwards again. In this bonsai style the trunk starts by growing upward from the soil then turns downward abruptly and reaches a point below the bottom edge of the container.
Cascade or kengai the cascade style of bonsai represents a natural tree growing down the face of an embankment. The apex is placed at tip of tree. This style is a close cousin of formal upright style bonsai but with a little innate cursive. In this video mauro and friend style a mugo yamadori and they change the planting angle.