| -that bonsai are produced only through years of patient trainingThe training period actually speeds the transformation of a plant tobonsai. -that bonsai are special varieties of plantsThey are selections from ordinary trees, vines, and shrubs that normallygrow to much greater size. -that bonsai are replicas in miniature of large treesThe lines of a bonsai suggest the large tree in the same manner that afew strokes of an artist bring an image to mind. Bonsai aims for resem-blame. -that all bonsai are timeless specimens held static by some mysterious treatment, and that if cared for properly they will live to great agePlants in containers have about the same life span as they would in na-ture-normally short-lived ones tend to be short-lived in pots. -that age is the most important criterion in evaluating bonsaiThe appearance of age in bonsai has little to do with its actual age.Actual age counts only in its combination with other qualities to arousean emotional response in the viewer. -that bonsai are stunted, dwarf plantsBonsai are not "stunted" in the sense of being unhealthy, or "dwarfed"in the sense of being misshapen or unnatural. -that bonsai require constant attention or fanatical devotionTotal expenditure of time and effort will be more than for a philoden-dron, actually less than for a pet. |
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