Juniper Formal Upright Bonsai

You do not want a juniper that has the habit of growing branches upright.

Juniper formal upright bonsai. Podocarpus purchased from rogers nursery spring 2003 author. The formal upright style has classic proportions and is the basis of all bonsai. Better species are junipers like. It requires the least experimentation avoids the problem of selective pruning.

Collection highlights podocarpus tags. 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. You can often tell the species of a tree by its shape. Create a juniper cascade bonsai for a few euros juniperbonsai worldofbonsai duration.

Herons bonsai 272 009 views. For this style tapering of the upright growing trunk must be clearly visible. The tree you start with when creating a formal upright bonsai must have a straight trunk with healthy branches all the way around the trunk. Informal upright 模様木 moyogi is a style of trees incorporating visible curves in trunk and branches but the apex of the informal upright is located directly above the trunk s entry into the soil line.

The formal upright style is a very common form of bonsai. Juniperus chinensis juniperus procumbens nana juniperus communis juniperus sabina juniperus rigida junierpus squamata to name a few there are more. Looking closer at the foliage we can see this is a hinoki a species that s commonly styled as formal upright bonsai with highly refined branch pads. Conifers work best with this style including angelica.

It is the easiest for a beginner to develop because. This tree has been in a nursery pot for 4 years. The tree below could be one of three different species needle juniper cryptomeria or hinoki cypress. A formal upright has a trunk that grows upright.

Slant 斜幹 shakan is a style of bonsai possessing straight trunks like those of bonsai grown in the formal upright style. I took it to a guy guidry workshop in aug 2003 nothing.