Bonsai On The Rock Penjing

Then we hang the rock with a rope and have it stands with the tip barely touching the ground.

Bonsai on the rock penjing.

Generally speaking tree penjing specimens differ from bonsai by allowing a wider range of tree shapes more wild looking and by planting them in bright colored and creatively shaped pots. Once all the shaping and cutting of the rock for our landscape bonsai are done we are ready to make a base for the rock. In contrast bonsai are more simplified in shape more refined in appearance with larger in proportion trunks and are planted in unobtrusive low sided containers with simple lines and muted colors. In general the main visual difference between bonsai and penjing is shape.

A bonsai growing on or in a rock called seki joju and ishisuki in japanese is a highly dramatic depiction of nature. First cover the ground with some newspaper. Penjing are usually miniature landscapes displaying a combination of rocks trees and figures though increasingly single plants are shown in china these days. Japanese bonsai art originally came from penjing bonsai is a japanese pronunciation for penzai.

We make the base out of cement. We can all imagine steep cliffs where only the strongest and most robust trees can survive.