bonsai tree design

collection of bonsai tree designs

Bonsai (盆栽) is a dwarfed plant or tree in a shallow pot with the aim of making a miniature of the original shape of a large, old tree in the wild. Planting (sai, 栽) is carried out in a shallow pot called bon (盆). The term bonsai is also used for traditional Japanese art in the maintenance of shallow plants or trees, and an appreciation of the beauty of the shape of branches, leaves, stems and roots of trees, and shallow pots that become containers, or the whole form of plants or trees. Bonsai is a Japanese pronunciation for penzai (盆栽).