Fukinagashi Bonsai

Fukinagashi windswept bonsai style.
Fukinagashi bonsai. I decided that i wanted to do a board just for windswept bonsai style fukinagashi bonsai trees because they are tough to do well. Purplish bark contrasts very nicely with the geen foliage. April 21 2019april 23 2019bonsaiplace. The windswept style of bonsai tells a story of a tree exposed to strong prevailing winds either in an open exposed environment or exposed on a cliff.
The most helpful thing to be able to do a great windswept bonsai is to be able to look at lots of pictures of great ones. Great ones are not common and valuable examples to see. Mar 19 2020 an interesting style. Only the thin branches and leaves position themselves according to the direction of the wind.
Not much found on my search so i pinned some real trees and a couple of items which i found very beautiful even though they are not bonsai related. A compact upright grower to about 7 feet with a width of about 5 feet. Fukinagashi is very nice dwarf green narrow leaf linearilobum. The branches grow out on all sides of the trunk but will all eventually be bent to one side.
See more ideas about bonsai windswept bonsai tree. The branches as well as the trunk grow to one side as if the wind has been blowing the tree constantly in one direction. Illustrating a tree exposed to very forceful winds. This is a tree that has its trunk and branches swept back in one direction.
Fukinagashi a traditional japanese bonsai style. Windswept style fukinagashi it is regarded as a variation of slanting style reflecting the strong influence of a frequently blowing wind from one side and therefore with mostly one sided growth of branches nevertheless other bonsai styles such as formal and informal upright and semi cascade can show typical features of wind swept style. Windswept bonsai style fukinagashi the windswept style also is a good example of trees that must struggle to survive. Fukinagashi windswept style windswept style you should imagine this as a tree through which wind is blowing at that very moment.