chrysanthemum bonsai
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Chrysanthemum bonsai ({{langx|ja|菊の盆栽|Kiku no bonsai|Chrysanthemum tray planting}}, {{Audio|Ja-Bonsai.oga|pronunciation}}) is a Japanese art form using cultivation techniques to produce, in containers, chrysanthemum flowers that mimic the shape and scale of full size trees, called bonsai.
Cultivation and care
Bonsai cultivation and care requires techniques and tools that are specialized to support the growth and maintenance of the flowers in small containers. There are several cultivated varieties of chrysanthemum that possess the ability to be trained into many of the traditional bonsai styles associated with woody trunked trees and shrubs. But since chrysanthemum rarely grow to be old enough to have wood, deadwood bonsai techniques may also be used.https://www.jataff.jp/kiku/kiku04-3.htm{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Chrysanthemums are perennials, and while it is possible to keep a chrysanthemum bonsai alive for a number of years (old wood), it is more likely that the bonsai will be 'finished' after all the blooms have faded.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bonsaimary.com/Chrysanthemum-bonsai-part2.html|title=Chrysanthemum bonsai article by Dale Cochoy|website=BonsaiMary|accessdate=30 October 2019}}
The chrysanthemum bonsai artist must complete all design work in fewer than ten months. Most chrysanthemum bonsai artists in the northern latitudes of the United States start the training of their bonsai in April, and are finished by the middle of September.
Traditionally in Japan the Chrysanthemum exhibitions showcase the different bonsai forms.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bonsaimary.com/Chrysanthemum-bonsai.html|title=Chrysanthemum bonsai|website=BonsaiMary|accessdate=30 October 2019}} This takes place in autumn around the months of October and November.{{Cite web|url=http://fng.or.jp/shinjuku/event/kiku/kikukadan.html|title=新宿御苑の菊花壇情報|website=fng.or.jp|accessdate=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309110418/http://fng.or.jp/shinjuku/event/kiku/kikukadan.html|archive-date=9 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
Styles
Various bonsai styles exist, such as the cascade style, the clinging to a rock style, and the forest style.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bonsaimary.com/Chrysanthemum-bonsai-part3.html|title=Chrysanthemum bonsai article by John Capobianco|website=BonsaiMary|accessdate=30 October 2019}}
File:Nagoya Castle Chrysanthemum Competition 2017 14.jpg|Cascade style
File:Nagoya Castle Chrysanthemum Competition 2017 17.jpg|Clinging to a rock style
File:71st Nagoya Castle Chrysanthemum Exhibition 2018 05.jpg|Forest style
File:71st Nagoya Castle Chrysanthemum Exhibition 2018 03.jpg|Various other smaller pieces
See also
References
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Bibliography
- Tameji Nakajima, H. Carl Young. The art of the chrysanthemum: Japanese techniques for creating bonsai, cascades, giants and other potted styles. Harper & Row (1965)
External links
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- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suood3tNnnA 日本の伝統文化・菊の盆栽Traditional culture of Japan "bonsai of chrysanthemum"]
- [https://longwoodgardens.org/blog/2018-11-12/tiny-flowers-big-hit-chrysanthemum-bonsai Tiny Flowers, Big Hit: Chrysanthemum Bonsai | Longwood Gardens]
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