Forest plantings are usually attacked differently than the normal single bonsai. Most of the time we find the pot or slab first. Then we look for tree stock to use.This might not be the best plan but it seems to always wind up that way.
Forest Planting:
As it's name a group of trees in a form that looks likes a small coppice. Always plant in odd numbers and not less than 3. Always has a dominant tree and the others generally slopping away so in silhouette forms a mound.
A forest planting can be created with any number of trees. Whether or not this is an even number is irrelevant. If your design is good then the number of trees is not meaningful.
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How to create a Bonsai forest / group planting
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Goshin first took shape as a forest planting around 1964. Inspired by a forest of Cryptomeria japonica near a shrine in Japan, Naka first combined the four trees he had already developed into a single composition.
Forest planting look better if they are planted in low wide trays.
A Bonsai should be planted in a pot that is deep enough to comfortably sustain its health and life.
Sakagami, who asked me to create this forest planting ("yose-ue"), is an excellent oil painter. He evaluated this bonsai for its composition and naturalness, and liked it very much.
Green seedlings make excellent material for group and forest plantings. The same precautions about internode length apply. Indeed, it is even more important for this style since the trees will remain small.
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Originally collected by Craig Coussins/Peter Adams during the late 1970's, and grown as part of a forest planting for many years, finally being purchased as a single tree by myself in 2001.
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Techniques being demonstrated included repotting and grafting, creating deadwood effects, wiring and shaping, pruning, creating a multi-tree forest planting and accent planting.
Notes: Because of its large leaves, beech is generally reserved for medium to large size bonsai. Because beech grows so slowly, it is a long- term project to grow a specimen beech. This is why young beech are often used in forest plantings.
The system is not cast in concrete and suggestions are very welcome. The Connie Raphael group intends to continue to develop the process and expand it to include other styles. Work on Criteria and Critique forms for the Forest Planting Style is now ...
 See also: Plant, Planting, Bonsai, Tree, Trunk
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