盆栽

Bonsai (盆栽, "tray gardening", in Japanese) is the art of growing trees and plants, kept small by being grown in a pot and by the use of skilled pruning, formed to create an aesthetic shape and the illusion of age, although many bonsai trees are quite old and simply show their age in miniature form. The Chinese art of penjing is very similar to and is the precursor of the Japanese art of bonsai.

Well-known bonsai

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  John Naka's Goshin
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  Hiroshima Survivor, nearly 400 years old
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  Daimyo Oak, given to Anson Burlingame in the 1860s

Styles

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  Masculine informal upright style cedar in masculine pot
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  Feminine informal upright style maple in feminine pot
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  Formal upright style Baldcypress
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  Broom style Japanese Zelkova
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  Slant style California Juniper
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  Root-over-rock style Trident Maple
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  Literati style Japanese Black Pine
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  Semi-cascade style Mugo Pine
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  Cascade style Virginia Creeper
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  Twin-trunk style Japanese White Pine
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  Multi-trunk style Atlas Cedar
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  Raft style Japanese Garden Juniper
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  Spruce forest planting
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  Growing-in-a-rock style Chinese Elm
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  Exposed roots style Trident Maple
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  Windswept style Key Lime
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  Bankan (twisted) style Japanese Black Pine

Illustrations

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  Formal upright style
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  Informal upright style
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  Broom style
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  Slant style
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  Root-over-rock style
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  Literati style
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  Semi-cascade style
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  Cascade style
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  Twin-trunk style
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  Raft style
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  Forest style
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  Growing-in-a-rock style
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  Exposed roots style
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  Windswept style
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  Bankan (twisted) style

Specific features

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  Sargent Juniper with extensive deadwood (jin and shari)
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  Crabapple with strong taper
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  Chinese Banyan with powerful nebari
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  Chinese Elm with fine ramification

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Bonsai collections and cultivation

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  National Bonsai and Penjing Museum
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  C.V. Starr Bonsai Museum
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  cultivation
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  Bonsai Nursery Fuyo-en