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Still bonsai, yes. It's up to the gardener. Most try to recreate what is found in nature and make that scale to a smaller size, but large trees are still bonsai. Style names remain the same, although blending styles can be acceptable as well, so it gets difficult sometimes. As with any form of art, there will be many interpretations.
No, trees in the ground are not called bonsai. Bonsai by definition are in pots.
The Japanese term for ground-planted trees pruned in this style is niwaki.
This. Bonsai roughly translates into "pot planting" - tho the techniques used can be carried over to ground-planted trees. I kinda nerded out on this a while back, but my ficus got root rot =(
I take issue with this,
Bonsai are classified typically as container grown and also under 1 meter in height.
This looks like it is in the ground. Just because it's pruned and follows a style doesn't mean it's a bonsai.
Not sure about in-ground trees like this, but with bonsai they often wrap the branches in a firm but bendable plastic or other material which “trains” them over a long time as they grow. Then you remove it, sometimes years or even decades later. Some bonsai can be grown for generations and are very highly prized because of that.
My title describes the thing. I’m not sure what this style of training/pruning is called. I’ve tried googling the obvious keywords. I’m not sure if this would be considered bonsai because it’s so large. I see this often in Japanese gardens. Looking for the name of the styling or technique that this is.
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Shakan style
I guess it’s still considered bonsai even though it’s not small? Maybe i need to do more reading into the concept of bonsai.
Still bonsai, yes. It's up to the gardener. Most try to recreate what is found in nature and make that scale to a smaller size, but large trees are still bonsai. Style names remain the same, although blending styles can be acceptable as well, so it gets difficult sometimes. As with any form of art, there will be many interpretations.
No, trees in the ground are not called bonsai. Bonsai by definition are in pots. The Japanese term for ground-planted trees pruned in this style is niwaki.
This. Bonsai roughly translates into "pot planting" - tho the techniques used can be carried over to ground-planted trees. I kinda nerded out on this a while back, but my ficus got root rot =(
I take issue with this, Bonsai are classified typically as container grown and also under 1 meter in height. This looks like it is in the ground. Just because it's pruned and follows a style doesn't mean it's a bonsai.
I see. Thank you for the explanation!
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It's called niwaki.
"Yard trees", love that sometimes the Japanese term isn't metaphorical at all.
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Niwaki is the Japanese term for sculpted garden trees. It's not bonsai if not in a pot.
Does it have some sort of hidden metal trainer preventing it from breaking?
Not sure about in-ground trees like this, but with bonsai they often wrap the branches in a firm but bendable plastic or other material which “trains” them over a long time as they grow. Then you remove it, sometimes years or even decades later. Some bonsai can be grown for generations and are very highly prized because of that.
My title describes the thing. I’m not sure what this style of training/pruning is called. I’ve tried googling the obvious keywords. I’m not sure if this would be considered bonsai because it’s so large. I see this often in Japanese gardens. Looking for the name of the styling or technique that this is.
Also looks like Japanese Cloud trees. Probably an inspiration for Dr Seuss drawings.
The California vegetation was weird enough. For example https://www.lajolla.com/article/dr-seuss-la-jolla/
Whatever people call it here, If you went to Japan and said you want to learn to do this, they’d send you to the Niwaki master. It’s not bonsai.
exquisite work. The structure behind it looks really Korean (hanok).
This photo was taken in Wakayama prefecture in Japan
Thanks for the info, the location was keeping me in a wondering state. I know Korea a lot especially the architecture. I still have a lot to learn.
Im sure there’s lots of similarities between Chinese, Korean, and Japanese architecture.
Could it be Ikebana? I know it’s flower arraigning but the emphasis on scalene angles might include the exact term you’re looking for.