What is a Bonsai? It is important to say that not everything that is planted in a Bonsai pot is. In many garden centers and nurseries they sell freshly rooted cuttings that have been given their own Bonsai design, and sell them to a price much higher than the price they would actually have in an ordinary pot.
Bonsai means tree on a tray. But it is a tree that for many years has been given a style, a shape, a design, in short, a few care specific that makes us imagine ourselves in a true natural landscape.
Any woody plant can be used for this technique, regardless of the size of leaves it has (although those with small leaves are preferably used more), with a trunk thickness greater than one centimeter.
What is not a Bonsai, according to the veteran masters of this Art?
- Herbs or woody succulents
- All those plants of the genus Cicadaceae
- Palms
- Very young trees (less than one centimeter thick) without any shape
- Caudiciform plants
- Cuttings planted in a pot
However, there are those who say that some of these plants mentioned are, or, at least they can become companion plants of Bonsai, the so-called accent plants. These little plants may or may not have a style, but it is important that they somehow match the meaning of the potted tree next to them.
The theme is served. Nowadays, the moderns meet with the veterans, and each one will defend their opinion. But, what will surely never change, is the essence of this Art, which is patience, a virtue that nature has, and that everyone who wishes to enter this world must have, in order to understand it better.
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Image - Ferm Valley Bonsai