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Styles of Penjing
Traditional Chinese Penjing styles are classified primarily by their most representative or dominant plants, and are named after their region of...
Apr 08 2025 | Read more
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Aesthetics of Penjing
By using artificially miniaturized trees and shrubs, these compositions are created in special trays or pots that are placed on decoratively carved...
Mar 19 2025 | Read more
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The first versions of the Penjing, considered the predecessor of Chinese bonsai.
Although there are legends dating back at least to the 3rd and 4th centuries about Taoist figures said to have had the power to shrink entire...
Feb 26 2025 | Read more
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Origin of the components of the Penjing, the Chinese bonsai.
When foreign trade brought new herbs to China in the second century BC, a particular incense burner was designed. The boshanlu pedestal cup...
Jan 15 2025 | Read more
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Penjing is the ancient Chinese art of presenting trees in artistic forms,
Penjing tray landscape, potted landscape, or miniature rocks and trees, is the ancient Chinese art of presenting artistically shaped trees, other...
Dec 18 2024 | Read more
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How To Obtain A Bonsai.
How to obtain or to get future bonsai By seeds. The seed is not the first step, neither the only one to create and obtain a future...
Nov 11 2024 | Read more
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The purpose of bonsai art is to create a tree in a pot.
In a society where time is stretched out in milliseconds "thanks" to technological progress, bonsai allows us to return to our roots, to...
Sep 18 2024 | Read more
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The bonsai trees
I will share some collections of bongsai trees that are in my brother's house, my brother really likes collecting unique trees that can be...
Sep 15 2024 | Read more
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How to get good pomegranate flowering every year.
This article explains how to obtain good flowering of pomegranates every year. By applying the appropriate techniques the results will not...
Aug 27 2024 | Read more
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The Diospyros kaki as bonsai is also quite easy to follow in its growth process.
It is mainly the wild persimmons that bear fruits of the astringent type to be used for cultivation as bonsai, and in our country they are...
Sep 09 2021 | Read more
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In bonsai art, the Cydonia is much appreciated for the beauty of its fruits and the strong dynamism of its trunk.
In bonsai art, the Cydonia is much appreciated for the beauty of its fruits and the strong dynamism of its trunk. Moreover, being a...
Aug 12 2021 | Read more
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Cryptomeria is highly sought after as a bonsai species due to its foliage and habit.
Cryptomeria is highly sought after as a bonsai species due to its foliage and habit. Although it can be trained in different styles, formal upright,...
Jul 17 2021 | Read more
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Varieties of Crataegus that are selected for bonsai cultivation are chosen primarily for their flowers.
The varieties that are selected for bonsai cultivation are mainly chosen for their flowers. Among the most common species, besides the European...
Jun 09 2021 | Read more
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Crassula arborescens is ideal for bonsai with its generous evergreen foliage and pleasing miniature proportions.
With its generous evergreen foliage and its pleasing miniaturized proportions - the leaves especially, in bonsai cultivation, become very small...
May 25 2021 | Read more
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Cotoneaster is a Bonsai favorite and can be deciduous or evergreen.
This shrub, very common in our gardens, is characterized by small leaves, flowers and fruits, which makes it an ideal plant for bonsai...
Apr 15 2021 | Read more
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Its easy fructification is also the most pleasant aspect as bonsai of Citrus limun.
Bonsai is an ancient Japanese plant art technique that takes ordinary tree seedlings and turns them into miniature pieces of art from...
Mar 26 2021 | Read more
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The particular shape of the Chamaecyparis makes it very suitable for the creation of bonsai groves.
Its peculiar shape, characterized by a columnar or conical habit, with fan-shaped palms and scaly leaves, makes it very suitable for the creation of...
Feb 12 2021 | Read more
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Chaenomeles is one of the most beautiful and easy to grow bonsai trees.
This deciduous shrub native to China and Japan is, among early spring flowering bonsai, one of the most beautiful and easy to grow. The flowers...
Jan 14 2021 | Read more
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Carpinus bonsai cultivation is quite popular because it has a well-balanced trunk.
Bonsai cultivation of this plant is quite popular because in addition to possessing fine, thin branching it also has a well-balanced...
Dec 10 2020 | Read more
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The fragrant white flowers that later turn into fruit make the Carmona a very suggestive bonsai.
This plant originally from China, also called "tea plant" by Fukien, has oval evergreen leaves and in spring and summer it is covered with fragrant...
Nov 20 2020 | Read more
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Origin of the components of the Penjing, the Chinese bonsai.