Bonsai Guide...By Brian I Park.

  Bonsai is a stunted tree or plant or shrub that is literally grown in a tray. In fact this is the actual dry definition of the infinitely beautiful art of creating a bonsai, an art that is as sublime and spectacular as painting. But unfortunately this dry definition does nothing to bring out the uniqueness of this art form.
To create a piece of art there has to be a medium. In case of bonsai that basic medium - the stunted plant is continuing to grow and is full of life, in short, you are creating a piece de resistance out of a living creature, full of vitality!
To explain through the analogy of painting, if paint, brushes and canvas are the tools a painter uses to give shape to his vision, then pots, soil and a plant variety is made use of by a bonsai artist who has to keep his eyes open for soaking in the elements of tempo, emptiness, form, design and the underlying aspects of bonsai art.
The art of bonsai is ancient, coming from the land of the sunrise, an oriental fare and a horticultural art form that has taken the whole world by storm and stirred up a rage cutting across boundaries.
In both the Japanese and Chinese languages, bonsai can be translated as literally "tree in a pot". This sublime art, which originated in Japan, is more than 2000 years old and concentrates on scale, proportion, harmony and shape - all of which are given equal weightage.
To create a bonsai, you first have to select specific bonsai varieties and shape, prune and train the plant in your desired shape to be able to call it a bonsai. Any damn potted plant isn't a bonsai.
Bonsais are miniature forms of the same huge trees that you see growing on the ground; the only difference is that they are tiny and kept small by controlling with care and meticulousness the growing conditions of the plant.
In short, you intercept the natural growth process of the plant and manipulate nature to give rise to this stunted masterpiece. You have to heartlessly prune away all kinds of unwanted growth, that is, unwanted branches, and retain only those branches that will later contribute to the stunted horticultural species' overall design.
In a pot or tray you have to confine the roots and clip away the roots at periodical intervals.Bonsais must stay true to nature, the shape and design of the plant species must be identical to the original. But at the same time you are allowed to indulge in exaggeration or stylization.
Bonsais can live on for hundreds of years and the older a bonsai, the more prized it is. Just like normal trees, bonsais also undergo seasonal change and annual changes and with the passage of decades they blossom in their true beauty, but you have to prune and clip and train it for its entire lifespan.

In BonsaiGuide.net I have tried to create a bonsai guide for you with information that I think is important. I have tried to lay out many little pointers that can make all the difference to growing a successful bonsai, some of which very often get ignored or forgotten. I trust this bonsai guide will help you to create many beautiful bonsai trees and that you will get as much satisfaction from this art as I have.

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