Slanted Bonsai

Slanting bonsai style shakan as a result of the wind blowing in one dominant direction or when a tree grows in the shadow and must bend toward the sun the tree will lean in one direction.

Slanted bonsai. Very strong roots grow in the direction of the inclined trunk. In this way the roots under the inclined trunk are pressed into the ground. The last popular style we will talk about is the slanting bonsai style. In the art of bonsai there is a style that seeks to emulate this slanting of the tree and it is simply called the slanting or shakan style.

The trunk can be both straight and curved. So if your trunk is slanted towards the left the base of the trunk will be off to the right. The roots are well developed on one side to keep the tree standing. The trunk s base should be closer to the pot on the opposite side of which your tree is slanted.

The trunk and branches of the tree appears to be somewhat blown by the wind similar to that that grows in nature. With bonsai the leaning style should grow at an angle of about 60 80 degrees relative to the ground. In the slanting style the trunk bends along its entire length to the left or to the right. Basic styles formal upright informal upright slanting cascade semi cascade.