The Oldest Known Bonsai

Bonsai trees are not a house plant, but a miniature tree, which requires equal opportunities for growth as the normal tree growth.


Austrian village Seeboden

With these words you will be accepted in a bonsai museum in the Austrian village Seeboden by owner, lover of all Japanese. You'll learn that the Japanese bonsai are rarely placed in an apartment; they may do so only on special occasions, when he devoted a special place of honor.
Bonsai trees
The word bonsai, it is used incorrectly in the West for all the miniature grown plants (Western have came up with the bonsai room, but in the opinion of the professionals do not deserve this name), comes from the Japanese pronunciation of Chinese terms pensai and in literal translation means tree in a tray (container).
Oldest Bonsai in the bonsai museum in Seeboden should be 300 years old.
Short period of time created the impression of trees, which grow through the seasons, which the wind by the device gets wet rain and snow and sun.

Bonsai: Priceless family richness
The Japanese bonsai are considered to family heritage and to be transmitted from generation to generation. The value of these trees is so invaluable.
Upbringing of trees and other plants in containers is already a source from the time of the early Egyptian culture, as evidenced image records in 4000 BC; on which the image of trees grown in containers carved from stone. Plants in containers are also cultivated in India, mainly for healing purposes.
The art of breeding bonsai the most flowered in Japan during the period Tokugava when training plants to regulate the park and surrounding living rooms (most are planted azaleas and maple trees) has become a popular leisure activity of the rich.


Austrian village Seeboden

Up to 800-year-old bonsai
The oldest known bonsai should be those that are part of the garden and restaurant Hapo-en in Tokyo, Japan. Bonsai in the Tokyo garden are aged between 400 and 800 years.

Bonsai trees introduction

In Japanese, bonsai can be literally translated as 'tray planting' but since originating in Asia, so many centuries ago - it has developed into a whole new form. To begin with, the tree and the pot form a single harmonious unit where the shape, texture and colour of one, compliments the other. Then the tree must be shaped.


It is the art of dwarfing trees or plants and developing them into an aesthetically appealing shape by growing, pruning and training them in containers according to prescribed techniques.
Overall, bonsai is a great interest, hobby or even profession to undertake. Although famous theologians have claimed that it is actually 90% art to a meager 10% of horticulture, it has to be said that a successful bonsai is most definitely a horticultural masterpiece. Every experienced bonsai enthusiast has his/her own personal idea of what bonsai is to them and what defining factors make them aesthetically appealing.If a beginner is unable to have the experience of being taught the important principles of bonsai by an expert, he must obtain as much material on bonsai as possible - whether this may be just pictures of trees, discussions on the different styling processes involved or lists of suitable species to use.
The two basic styles of bonsai are the classic (koten) and the informal or 'comic' (bunjin). In the former, the trunk of the tree is wider at the base and tapers off towards the top; it is just the opposite in the 'bunjin', a style more difficult to master.
If at the end of reading all the information provided you feel that this is all too difficult, you could always go for an artificial bonsai.