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Why Take Up Bonsai?
Perhaps, as with most people, your interest in bonsai has arisen from a love of things oriental. However, other factors will come into play as you become better acquainted with the subject Working with trees can be a satisfying activity in itself, because bonsai brings you closer to the trees than perhaps any other horticultural discipline. It encourages you to observe nature more closely, learning to recognise the tree species that occur in your area and watching how they grow in the wild. This, in turn, can provide deep insights into the laws of nature and the ways in which trees function as plants. Trees have great symbolic significance in many oriental cultures, but this significance is not confined to the East. In the West, too, trees have strong associations with ancient mythology, and this can make them even more fascinating to work with. Most people who take up bonsai are drawn to it mainly by the creative aspects of the subject - the idea of taking a tree and moulding it to suit your own imagination, using carefully laid-down procedures. In this way you can give expression to your own feelings about nature. Your bonsai can, for example, express a sense of struggle or a sense of harmony - or it can give an impression of lush growth or of maturity. On the other hand, buying bonsai can also be a way of channelling the collectors urge until, with time, every inch of your garden, patio or windowsill occupied by bonsai. If you reach this stage, you would be wise to consider whether you can really do justice to all the plants in your care. After your first buying binge, it may perhaps be more sensible to give some of your bonsai away so that you can concentrate on keeping just a few plants in the healthiest and most attractive way possible. The best way to assess the quality of a particular bonsai display is to look at each of the main elements that work together to create the final effect. These elements are: the container, the soil surface, the root spread, the trunk, the branches, the leaves, the flowers and finally the fruit. |
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