How to Choose a Bonsai Tree

You need to consider a few things when choosing a bonsai tree. First decide where you are going to put your bonsai tree, whether you would like to grow it outdoors or indoors. This will directly determine your choice of …

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Where To Buy Bonsai Tree

Once you have decided on growing conditions and bonsai style, it is time to buy the plant. When it comes to buying a plant for bonsai you have several sources: 1. Specialized nurseries It is always best to buy from …

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Chinese Art Of Bonsai – Penjing

The Chinese Bonsai, also called Penjing, is about creating a miniature tree or a landscape in a container. Chinese artists believed that by better understanding nature they will improve their spiritual development. This beautiful art form originated in China a …

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Japanese and Chinese Bonsai Differences

The Chinese Bonsai, known as Penjing, was created in China a thousand years ago and got to Japan during the period of Zen Buddhism around 1195. Once it was introduced to Japan, bonsai art began to develop in its own …

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Is Chinese Bonsai An Art of a Tree Torture?

I never thought about Chinese Bonsai as a tree torture and I was very surprised to see a series of bonsai by Chinese artist Shen Shaomin presented at Frey Norris Gallery. Shen shows them trussed and tugged by the thumbscrew …

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Chinese Bonsai Rules

The Chinese Bonsai (Penjing) has much less strict rules and is a more philosophical and spiritual form of art than Japanese bonsai. Chinese and Japanese bonsai have their differences but are very closely related and are sometimes difficult to distinguish. …

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