Kept outdoors they drop all foliage in autumn, coming back into full, vigorous growth in spring. Kept indoors they will keep their leaves for most of the year – dropping some, or all, of their foliage for brief periods, usually in response to the diminishing light and temperature levels that occur in autumn. The Chinese Elm is exceptional as it may be cultivated indoors or outdoors. The trees we classify as indoor may be grown indoors as they require a minimum temperature of 50F / 10C, and would therefore not tolerate winter conditions in the UK.
Many bonsai styles are listed on our ‘Bonsai Styling’ page.Īll trees, whether cultivated in pots or in the open ground, grow naturally outdoors in their country of origin. Although the ‘rules’ set out a framework for bonsai it is important to remember that they are just guidelines and ultimately your bonsai is your piece of art, so you can style it how you wish. Leaf pruning is conducted throughout the growing season to scale back growth and balance the tree. The art of Bonsai has been practiced for centuries and rules for styling and shaping have been passed down over time. It is always growing and changing and opening up possibilities for styling and shaping. Just like a garden, a bonsai is never finished, never fixed in time to look and feel exactly the same. How one chooses to practice bonsai is very much up to the individual and provided the horticultural needs of the tree are being met, the tree should continue to grow and change over time. Many view it simply as a horticultural pastime one that requires no more than a little common garden sense and a measure of artistic creativity. Some people interpret the care of bonsai on a transcendental level as the intermingling of spirits and a way to communicate with and feel connected to the earth.
The smaller the leaves the bigger the branches appear and this is very desirable when creating a bonsai. In bonsai we try to mimic these naturally occurring shapes and the scale of the trunk and branches to the leaves.
PURPLE JAPANESE BONSAI TREE FULL SIZE
A full size tree may have have literally thousands of leaves per branch and the weight of the foliage weighs the branches down to create interesting shapes. Bonsai is an attempt at creating the perfect miniature of a large tree (one you may see in a woodland). Of course the art of bonsai is a much larger topic and requires a bit more explanation than the simple translation above. This may be a simplified way of summing up the cultivation of the miniature tree, however it does hit the nail on the head, so to speak. The literal translation of the word ‘Bonsai’ means ‘tree in pot’.
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