How To Style Bonsai

You ll need to be gentle and wrap tightly.

How to style bonsai. By wrapping wire around the branches of a tree you are able to bend and reposition the branches. For this technique you will need quality gardening wire. Wiring is a crucial technique to train and style bonsai trees. As artists develop a bonsai in this style they must carefully observe its counterparts in the real world to duplicate their shapes.

For this design to work balance must be achieved visually by size and placement of the roots and branches. Show larger version of the image lilac in the slant style flowering in spring. When shaping a bonsai tree the first step is to decide which style is best suited to the tree s natural design. Because it requires the least experimentation avoids the problem.

While there are complex arrays of shapes and styles from which to choose bonsai is usually classified into five basic styles. It is the easiest for a beginner to develop. It will take a few months before the branches are set in their new shape. Many bonsai gardeners say it aids in training branches to grow in a certain way.

In the previous section bonsai styling we investigated the basic techniques to style and shape bonsai trees. The formal upright style has classic proportions and is the basis of all bonsai. The wire should than be removed. Now let s look into a few more advanced topics.