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Final explanation and guidelines for choosing the pot
e work ended with an explanation on the possible bonsai pot to replace that of the cultivation container, only and exclusively a er foliar growth(around one year, a er the styling) and how to position the tree in the pot. e advice was to use a borderless rectangular or oval pot (or with a little-protruding edge) deeper than the current, increasing the juniper’s inclination of about 25-30 ° so as to approach the probable original placement in nature and its current form. An old pot of Tamba (Japan), it would be a good solution.
Return of the Wind
At this point our Juniperus sabina is restored to match the aesthetics and conditions of its primordial environment. e “Alpine Wind” has returned to blow through its branches, restoring in me, and I hope us, those emotions that only nature, with its strength, beauty, and endurance, is able to attract lovers since the dawn of time.
Man is part of nature and he can not in any way be excluded from it. For this very reason it is important that even as bonsai artists, in our work, in our teaching, we have the utmost respect, following non-destructive techniques for the tree, aiming in the rst place for its survival, and secondly to the aesthetic aspect that still must preserve the character of the species and the environment.
Top; In the future, a new, deeper pot in which the tree is inclined 25–30° to match the trees original inclination in Nature and highlight the current form.
Middle; The styled tree shown from the rear.
Bottom; The new front of the Alpine Wind, a Juniperus sabina restored to its wild heritage.
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