Bonsai Cascade Style
At the end of the video i review the thought process involved while styling the tree and how you might apply it to your own trees.
Bonsai cascade style. Cascade bonsai are planted in tall pots. Unglazed dark grey matt as pictured. Some variations in size colour and finish are inevitable as are a few finger prints and marks. Bonsai basics square cascade style unglazed bonsai basics pot 6 square deep cascade style bonsai basics pot.
The cascade style has most of its foliage below the soil surface. You typically see this bonsai in a tall skinny pot that is used to raise the bonsai off the ground to give it room to cascade. Think carefully on which branches you wish to remove. The cascade style of bonsai represents a natural tree growing down the face of an embankment.
Ishi zuke seki joju waterfall cascade style. A short introduction. Bonsai created in the cascade style should resemble trees growing on steep slopes in mountainous areas ravines or drainage areas. This pot shape is also.
The cascade style is one of the most popular bonsai styles used today. Creating a cascade bonsai. In this video i style semi cascade juniper. Taki kengai bonsai and penjing styles.
These factors cause the tree to grow downwards. Kabudachi forest group style. Please try again later. With bonsai it can be difficult to maintain a downward growing tree because the direction of growth opposes the tree s natural tendency to grow upright.
This feature is not available right now. A classic style bonsai pot for cascading style bonsai trees. Sekijoju exposed root style. Trim away about half of the branches on the tree.
If you can picture a tree growing on the side of a cliff spilling off the mountain this is what cascade is meant to mimic. Cascade bonsai style kengai a tree living in nature on a steep cliff can bend downward as a result of several factors like snow or falling rocks. Cascade style bonsai kengai a cascade bonsai is one in which the trunk begins growing upwards but abruptly turns downward and cascades to a point below the bottom of the container. When creating natural looking cascading bonsais it may help to practice these tips for shaping a cascade bonsai form.
Other bonsai and penjing styles. In this bonsai style the trunk starts by growing upward from the soil then turns downward abruptly and reaches a point below the bottom edge of the container. Training a tree in the cascade style takes longer than in the slanting style.