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84 Top trees for bonsai

Local heroes

As bonsai has become more global, it has gained a strong following

in countries with very different climates. Not only has this introduced
a variety of styles, species, and techniques, but the aesthetic is also
very different, moving away from traditional Japanese conventions and
styling and injecting the art form with fresh ideas and a new dynamism.

Bonsai has always promoted the use of native It would be contrary to those ideas to take
trees: how abstract or visually refined that a South African tree and style it in a classical
native tree becomes is down to the aesthetic Japanese way, so this section showcases some
taste of the artist who creates it—and contrary stars of the bonsai world that are very much
to popular belief, bonsai masters actively more geographically specific.
welcome the broadening of their art and
practices. Any tree may be used for bonsai
provided the fundamental principles are
applied: an appreciation of nature, basic
artistic design, and an understanding of the
tree’s underlying character and growth habit.

Branches can
become brittle
within a few
years so early
wiring of young
shoots is ideal

Branching shape
created by wiring
a basic skeleton
structure