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Creating a penjing- The finished display

style planting

Tray landscapes are one of the numerous styles and
categories found in Chinese bonsai (penjing), and similar
ideas exist in Vietnamese culture. They are often

multispecies plantings on Chinese-looking rock.

Choosing your material
Rocks for penjing styles are a
little more jagged and stylized:
they are often imported from
China, where the distinctive
shape is created by carving
and bathing the rock in acid.
Traditionally the Chinese use
a special type of long,
narrow oval suiban
made from white marble
to display the planting.

∙Remember the rock will
never grow any larger,
so consider the final
desired size when
planning the design.
∙Choose trees for
their movement
and size. The
Chinese elms
and Japanese
black pine here
all offer a similar
sense of scale.