Bonsai Tree Store - Penjing - Chinese - Indoor Care Information

Welcome to the Chinese Bonsai Tree Page!

Creating and maintaining a bonsai or penjing is a meditative task that can attune you to the ever-changing rhythm of Nature, eliminating stress and filling your life with beauty, harmony, and inner peace. Penjing is the Chinese art of landscape bonsai which is the forerunner of bonsai as practiced in the Japanese tradition.

Chinese Flowering White Serissa - Tree of a Thousand Stars - (Serissa Japonica)

$48.95 - Tree of a Thousand Stars. The Japonica has somewhat elongated spoon shaped, shiny green leaves. It is a twiggy tree that grows tighter with shearing. This northern Chinese Serissa has small white trumpet shaped blossoms and is trained into pleasing shapes with a full upright canopy. - 12 years old 7" - 10" tall - Suitable 6" x 8" humidity tray is recommended. - To purchase add $2.95(50% off regular price with tree order).

Penjing is a predominantly Chinese practice. Pot plants with landscape number among the popular pastimes of the Chinese people. The landscape may consist of artificial rock work or woodwork or it may consist of one single piece of natural rock or wood.

Chinese Elm - Large

Has small evergreen leaves which remain on the tree year-round. They are hardy with excellent branching characteristics. Also has a twisted trunk and exposed roots which give the appearance of great age. Easy indoor care.

Bonsai is the art of growing miniature (dwarf) trees in shallow trays or pots. The word "Bonsai" consists of two Chinese characters: "Bon" (pronounced Bone") meaning tray or pot and "sai" (pronounced "sigh") meaning planting.

Chinese Elm-Small

Has small evergreen leaves which remain on the tree year - round. They are hardy with excellent branching characteristics. Has a twisted trunk and exposed roots which give the appearance of great age. Easy indoor care. - 8 years old - 5 in. - 7 in. tall

While many American bonsaiists were aware that the art had originated in China, they tended to regard Japanese masterpieces as the ultimate achievement and Chinese trees as historical footnotes. In the early 1970s, American bonsaiists began to pay more attention to Chinese traditions.

Chinese Elm-Extra Large - (Ulmus Parvifolia)

$129.95 - Has small evergreen leaves which remain on the tree year - round. They are hardy with excellent branching characteristics. Has a twisted trunk and exposed roots which give the appearance of great age. Easy indoor care. Extra large size - 14 years old - 13" - 14" tall - Suitable 10 1/2" x 14 1/2" humidity tray is recommended.

Chinese Elm - Large - (Ulmus Parvifolia)

$59.95 - Has small evergreen leaves which remain on the tree year - round. They are hardy with excellent branching characteristics. Also has a twisted trunk and exposed roots which give the appearance of great age. Easy indoor care. - 10 years old - 8" - 10" tall. - Suitable 8" x 10" humidity tray is recommended.

Today, growing numbers of people in Canada and the United States are training artistic pot plants and bonsai trees in the Chinese styles.

More Information on Chinese Bonsai Tree's:

Chinese Bonsai (Penjing)

Penjing: The Art of Chinese Landscape Bonsai

PenJing.com -- bonsai, penjing, fruit tree, orchid and much more

BonsaiSite.com: A Gallery of Spectacular Chinese Bonsai

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