a penjing collection at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, this trident maple, Acer buergerianum, has its roots growing over a rock and its foliage and stems timmed in the shape of a dragon..
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Bonsai is from the Japanese word 盆栽 ( literally potted cultivation ), is the art of growing trees in containers. The art of bonsai however was originated from
Japanese bonsai is derived from penjing. There are difference between penjing and bonsai , but have been blurred by most practitioners whom did not follow the traditional styling and display guidelines. Most layman do not even know the difference between them !
Bonsai uses cultivation techniques like pruning, root reduction, potting, defoliation, and grafting to produce small trees that mimic the shape and style of mature, full-sized trees.
The purpose of bonsai are primarily contemplation for the viewer and the pleasant exercise of effort and ingenuity for the grower.
Controversies
While it is without doubt, a bonsai or penjing is a work of art. But one may wander if this extreme ‘stunted’ is a form of cruelty ?
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a collection at the Naional Bonsai & Penjing Museum, this is a dwarf Japanese Juniper, Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'
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