Formal Upright Bonsai Style

Similar practices exist in other cultures including the chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated and the miniature living landscapes of vietnamese hòn non bộ but this article describes the japanese tradition.
Formal upright bonsai style. Upright formal bonsai or chokkan and. Formal upright style pinus halepensisa bonsai is a japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. The tree you start with when creating a formal upright bonsai must have a straight trunk with healthy. This style is a close cousin of formal upright style bonsai but with a little.
In this style the apex of the bonsai and base remains in a vertical straight line. This style often occurs in nature especially when the tree is exposed to lots of light and does not face the problem of competing trees. For this style tapering of the upright growing trunk must be clearly visible. An upright bonsai is a style where the main stem or the trunk of the bonsai remains more or less straight and pointed upwards.
The formal upright style has classic proportions and is the basis of all bonsai. The tree s apex stands directly over the base of the trunk and the tree is perfectly straight. The branches of the bonsai must gradually become shorter and thinner from the bottom to the top be horizontal compared with the trunk or bent slightly downwards. What is a bonsai.
1 formal upright style chokkan style. How to get a taper on a formal upright bonsai getting started. James said the informal upright design is a bit looser and more whimsical than formal upright. The formal upright style is a simple design.
One you have a young bonsai with a straight trunk healthy branches and an overall triangular shape. Informal upright style moyogi style. For this style tapering of the upright growing trunk must be clearly visible. Formal upright bonsai style chokkan the formal upright style is a very common form of bonsai.
However with a bit of pushing from mike rogers we went for the traditional japanese formal upright shown in the center drawing guy guidry mike rogers in oder to make this style the main trunk needed to be shortened and smoothed. Everything from flat top to an extended twin trunk style. Formal upright bonsai style chokkan the formal upright style is a very common form of bonsai. The roots at the base of the trunk are nicely spread.
Basic styles formal upright informal upright slanting cascade semi cascade. Formal upright style the trunk is straight and tapers toward the top.