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Ramification on
Branches can be deciduous trees acts as
manipulated with an indicator of its age
wire, compacted and
moved into a natural-
looking postion

Watering and feeding are Wiring branches allows you
very important—your tree is to manipulate them into more
not able to call on reserves pleasing positions than if
deep in the ground. Every they were left to develop
tree’s need will vary. Most naturally. The aim is to
like to stay outside where achieve an ideal image
they can receive natural of the tree with fewer
light and fresh air. of its branches.

Lower trunk movement
should relate to other parts Simplified branch structure is
of the tree; man-made trees well-balanced for the overall
can suffer from uniform, image; reposition shoots to
unnatural movement—so add depth and perspective
a trunk may suggest a
severe environment but
branches and foliage do not

Anchor wires Root pruning
help steady trees keeps the roots—and
in pots, removing the therefore the canopy—
need for a taproot and vigorous and efficient.
encouraging the Fine, fibrous roots are
development of fine important to ensure the
nutrient-collecting roots. tree remains healthy.

A well-balanced, evenly
distributed root base
A bonsai has a “front”—the (nebari) gives a sense of age
best place to view the tree and scale, and creates the
from—generally parallel to impression of a large tree
the front of the pot