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Prints out of the Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō as Potted Landscapes depicting Bonkei, by Utagawa Yoshishige (1848). A bonkei (盆景, Japanese for "tray landscape") [1]: 15–19 is a temporary or permanent three-dimensional depiction of a landscape in miniature, portrayed using mainly dry materials like rock, papier-mâché or cement mixtures, and sand in a shallow tray.
Pots exported from China between 1816 and 1911 (especially the late 19th century) were called nakawatari or chūwatari (both meaning "middle-crossing"), shallow rectangular or oval stoneware with carved feet and drainage holes. Unglazed pots of this type were used at ancestral shrines and treasured by the Chinese.
Completed trees are grown in formal bonsai containers. These containers are usually ceramic pots, which come in a variety of shapes and colors and may be glazed or unglazed. Unlike many common plant containers, bonsai pots have drainage holes at the bottom surface to complement fast-draining bonsai soil, allowing excess water to escape the pot.
A bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) forest bonsai on display at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, U.S. National Arboretum. In training since 1988. A suiseki at the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum, U.S. National Arboretum. In addition to the bonsai trees, the National Bonsai and Penjing Museum has a world-class collection of viewing stones.
Commercial bonsai growers may use any of the other means of obtaining starter bonsai material, from seed propagation to collecting expeditions, but they generally sell mature specimens that display bonsai aesthetic qualities already. The grower trains the source specimens to a greater or lesser extent before sale, and the trees may be ready for ...
Botanical name Common name Example References Maclura pomifera: Osage Orange Malpighia, including Malpighia coccigera: Barbados Cherry [6]: 62–63 Magnolia stellata: Star Magnolia
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