Bonsai On The Rock Penjing

In general the main visual difference between bonsai and penjing is shape.

Bonsai on the rock penjing.

Generally speaking tree penjing specimens differ from bonsai by allowing a wider range of tree shapes more wild looking and by planting them in bright colored and creatively shaped pots. This is exactly the kind of emotion a good rock bonsai should show. In contrast bonsai are more simplified in shape more refined in appearance with larger in proportion trunks and are planted in unobtrusive low sided containers with simple lines and muted colors. We make the base out of cement.

Then we hang the rock with a rope and have it stands with the tip barely touching the ground. Japanese bonsai art originally came from penjing bonsai is a japanese pronunciation for penzai. Once all the shaping and cutting of the rock for our landscape bonsai are done we are ready to make a base for the rock. The main difference between bonsai and penjing is that bonsai is a more refined stylistic depiction of nature often in single tree displays whereas penjing is more natural and wild usually displayed in a landscape form.

We can all imagine steep cliffs where only the strongest and most robust trees can survive. Bonsai tends to have.