Tiny Forests Bonsai Tree

This beautiful bonsai was recently sold at the 38th annual nippon bonsai taikan exhibition for 1 800 000 which is equal to approximately us 15 800.

Tiny forests bonsai tree. The trees have very strong healthy trunks and are much thicker than i expected. After having selected the trees and the pot follow the step by step plan below to create the group planting. The foliage is thick and unruly for a bonsai. Junipers are one of the most popular trees for bonsai.

A tiny little japanese bonsai tree bearing fruits. Instead of creating and displaying a single tree with a forest we create a complete landscape. Yamadori sometimes trees that remained small can be found in nature due to natural circumstances such as a lack of nutrients. It is said that when you look at a well made bonsai forest you could almost imagine tiny birds flying through the branches.

Almost any species can be used for bonsai forests larches maples hornb eams beech pines junipers the list is endless. The picture below is a larch forest that we produce on the nursery. This is the smallest bonsai tree that i know of with a pending guinness record. It fact the tops are so thick that they overrun each other s top space.

Smallest bonsai trees 1 smallest bonsai an acer momiji. Although it can be hard to successfully dig out the trees and transport them home these are trees that often possess extraordinarily qualities for bonsai purposes. All junipers are easy to train and care and makes very appealing bonsai. Trees used for a shohin forest have to be selected at a young age to be able to train them in the pot from the very beginning.

Use a standard bonsai soil mixture of akadama pumice and lava rock mixed together in a ratio of to to read the bonsai soil article for more detailed information on soil mixtures for different species of trees climates etc. It is a genus of 50 species of evergreen coniferous shrubs of which juniper procumbens nana is very popular among beginners who are just starting out to make a bonsai tree. Japanese black pine shimpaku juniper cypress white cedar spruce japanese white pine and larch. 3 shohin crabapple by katsumi.

The pot is way too small. 2 a tiny little bonsai tree by eric sin. Junipers cannot live indoors. The trees are healthy in spite of having 30 40 leaves knocked off by the styrofoam peanuts.

Enjoy viewing seven stunning examples of bonsai forests. Creating a shohin bonsai forest may seem an impossible job. Collecting trees yamadori digging out trees from the forest. Born in ōmiya ku saitama japan on march 31 1940 kimura is widely regarded as a genius and pioneer in the world of bonsai.

The cedar taxus juniper and pine families all have many subspecies and varieties to choose from. Collecting older matured trees and then fit them in to a small pot and sitting tight as a group while giving the illusion of a forest is almost.