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24 Bonsai basics
Styles from
around the world
The use of native trees—and mirroring their natural
behavior—is a long-established principle at the very
African Pierneef style
heart of bonsai. It is not at all surprising that new Inspired by the acacias dominating
the African landscape—as well as
styles have emerged as bonsai has become a global
the artist’s work—this broomlike
and ever more dynamic art form. style has a more compact “giraffe-
pruned” upper branch structure.
Chinese windswept style
In a stunning contrast with the relatively
static Japanese version, the immediacy of this
styling creates a far more dramatic sense of
a prevailing wind blowing through the tree
on a particularly
gusty day.
Flat top
bald cypress
Designed to replicate
the mature growth
habit of the American
bald cypress, the
tree starts off with
a thick, buttressed
base, and tapers to
a few branches in
the apex that form
a rounded canopy.
