Developing Informal Upright Trunks for Deciduous Bonsai
In the article Field Growing it was established that for a thick trunked bonsai, the tree must first be allowed to grow freely in the ground or a pot to help thicken the trunk.
Processes/Techniques Used: An informal upright bonsai basically uses the same principles of the formal upright bonsai only that it is informal.
Formal Upright
Chokkan
The formal upright style has classic proportions and is the basis of all bonsai.
Formal Upright Style (Chokkan)
This is the most basic looking style of Bonsai, but don't let looks deceive you. It is one of the hardest styles to master, but is the most rewarding.
Formal upright Bonsai style
Chokkan
The formal upright style is a very common form of Bonsai. This style occurs often in nature, especially when the tree is exposed to lots of light and does not face the problem of competing trees.
Formal Upright:
Straight and upright typical of trees grown in open low land countryside. The branches radiate out evenly around a gradually tapering trunk. Heavier wider branches at bottom thinning and shortening towards the top.
Formal Upright
The first bonsai tree form we'll look at is the Formal Upright form. The distinguishing feature of this form is a straight trunk, evenly tapered from bottom to top.
Formal upright
The formal upright style requires that the tree have adequate rootage to stabilize the vertical nature of the design.
a formal upright from a fig
To create 'an image of an old, weathered tree in miniature', which is our definition of bonsai, ...
The formal upright style, or Chokkan, is characterized by a straight, upright, tapering trunk. Branches progress regularly from the thickest and broadest at the bottom to the finest and shortest at the top.
Informal upright - This style seeks to mimic what a tree will look like when exposed to the elements. Although its trunk and branches may have bends, it still conveys a sense of balance and symmetry.
- Informal Upright & Coiled - Medium/deep rectangular, oval or round. Varies in accordance with trunk size
- Slanting - Medium depth rectangular or oval
- Windswept - Medium depth rectangular, rough-textured and unglazed ...
Formal Upright Style (Chokkan)
The tree trunk is up-right and straight, the trunk has a visible taper with the widest part of the trunk at the based of the tree and supported by a suitable radial nebari (or root structure).
FORMAL UPRIGHT or CHOKKAN DESIGN
The design depicts a definite strictness and formality in its shape. Formal describe this classification as absolute perfect. These are however many variations in this design. A good example is a broom design.
Formal Upright Cedars
Large trunk cedars are very hard to produce by any other means than the 'broken top' method. This involves growing out the tree as rapidly as possible to about fifteen gallon size, a process that takes ten to fifteen years.
Formal upright style is the style where the trunk of the tree is straight upwards and the first lower branches are far wider than the rest. The preceding branches will then proceed to shape an overall triangular look for the tree.
Formal Upright (Chokkan)
In a formal upright style, the trunk is kept very straight and the tree has a very balanced distribution of branches.
Formal Upright
A tree with a style such as formal upright occurs when it has grown in the open under perfect conditions.
Formal upright (primarily conifers);
Informal upright (most trees);
Windswept (especially junipers, pines, myrtle);
Cascade (many varieties, especially juniper, elephant's food, flowering types);
Broom-style (especially, elm and zelkova); ...
The formal upright is just as the name suggests, and is characterized by a tapering trunk and balanced branches.
The formal upright style is one type that is considered to be easy for the novice bonsai grower. This style features a straight trunk and a bottom branch that is lower and extends farther from the trunk than the opposite branch.
The "formal upright" bonsai style. One of the basic styles. Branch style. Essential for this style is a straight trunk with a naturally balanced branch structure. (See also section Bonsai styles in Encyclopedia).
Chokkon ...
In the formal upright type, the tree is trained up and tapered with balanced branches. The informal upright can bend and twist slightly. The old bonsai tree art has a front side for the tree.
With the formal upright as an example, you would have a tapering trunk with balanced or proportioned branches. Now, if you went with an informal upright, the difference may include a small bend or curve of the tree.
chokkan - Formal Upright
The chokkan bonsai typically has a single, upright trunk that tapers toward the top, branches are symmetrically balanced and well spaced.
moyogi - Informal Upright ...
Chokkan - Formal upright: Design is created from a tree with a straight trunk. Branches are selected in an alternating pattern, right - back - left or vica-versa with the largest space between branches toward the bottom of the tree.
chokkan (formal upright), moyogi (informal upright), shakan (slanting), fukinagashi (windswept), han-kengai (semi-cascade), kengai (cascade), sharimiki (driftwood), hokidachi (broom), benjingi (literati), sekijoju (root-on-rock), ...
Chokkan (Formal Upright)
The simplest, but still exquisitely beautiful, is the chokkan or formal upright.
Though still a miniature, this style most resembles the full grown tree.
Chokkan
Formal upright form
――Basis of bonsai style ...
Tachiki - (Informal upright, the style I feel suits most beginners), Hokidachi - (Broom Style),
Sabamiki - (Split Trunk), ...
The trunk is formal upright with weeping branches, arranged as basic CHOKKAN. The branches droop over the lower branches. Outline should form a triangle.
A weeping slanted trunk SHAKAN style.
Weeping MOYOGI style with hollowed trunk.
All except Formal upright and Literati, which should always be conifers ...
Chokkan The Formal Upright Bonsai Style
The simplest Bonsai technique, but still exquisitely stunning, is the Chokkan or more commonly named the formal upright. Though still a miniature tree, ...
Trident Maple
Formal upright
Seedling 1978
Trained since 1985 - Height 45cm ...
John Biel's informal upright potentilla in a green-blue Sara Rayner container. The bonsai is 11" tall. Close up of Potentilla Flower and flower buds.
Bonsai Style - Formal Upright & Informal Upright
Bonsai Pot Shape - Square, rectangle, oval, round
Bonsai Style - Slanting
Bonsai Pot Shape - Square, rectangle, oval, round, hexagonal, octagonal ...
The 5 main styles - formal upright, informal upright, slanting, cascade and semi-cascade can all be used.
Some of the other styles that can be applied are twin trunk, root over rock, clasped to rock, group, broom, literati, windswept and exposed root.
Chokkan - a traditional Japanese bonsai style; also called a formal upright. This is a tree that has a very straight trunk with symmetrical branching; illustrating strength and order.
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Formal Upright (Chokkan) The pose of the plant is very close to 100% vertical. The objective is to show balance but not strict symmetry. This style is best for conifers. Informal Upright (Moyogi) The pose of this style is near vertical.
A Criterion was established for six styles, Formal Upright Informal Upright, Slanting, Full Cascade, Semi-Cascade and Windswept. From this work critique forms were made to use when looking at the tree. Eight categories were determined for evaluation.
This does not apply to formal uprights
ends of branches should not point up or downwards, but be level with the soil to create stability
at some time in most trees' lives, every single twig will need to be wired and carefully positioned.
Suppose one has an informal upright trident maple with a curved trunk that is two inches thick at the base and the overall height is twenty-four inches and the branch spread at the widest point is seventeen inches.
In formal and informal upright styles, branch placement is begun, generally, one-third (1/3) up the trunk, either on the right or left, with the next branch opposite and higher up and with next higher-growing branch placed behind the trunk.
Bonsai can be classified into five basic styles: formal upright, informal upright, slanting, cascade, and semicascade. These classifications are based on the overall shape of the tree and how much the trunk slants away from an imaginary vertical axis.
He won two Prime Minister Awards at Sakufu-ten (professional entry only, bonsai exhibit) for Informal Upright, Japanese Five-Needle Pine in 1994; and for a Clump of Japanese Five-Needle Pine ("Zuisho") in 2002. In 1998, Mr.
M: Miyogi - Japanese term for informal upright style
mycorhizzae
N: Neagari - Japanese term for exposed root or octopus style
nebari - Japanese term for the exposed root base of a tree ...
tapered trunk, beautiful aged bark
thick dense foliage, in clusters
balanced branches in scale tree size
5 traditional Bonsai shapes:
formal upright
informal upright
slanting
semi-cascade
cascade Tray landscapes ...
In 1953, Naka created a "formal upright" Foeminia, during a demonstration for his bonsai class.
Small Dawn redwood made a very nice grove and a little larger (1″ to 2″ trunks) make a nice 3 tree grouping, and of course a large heavy trunk one will make a good formal upright, ...
This tree was bought as nursery stock in 2001 and (for the moment) has been trained in the traditional informal upright style. It has been repotted each year since then and kept in check using the "clip and grow" method.
In nature, succulents follow such bonsai styles as broom, informal upright, slanted, prostrate, semicascade, windswept, literati, and grotesque.
All conifers are reasonably unsuitable to the `broom` style, for example, but are very suitable for all other styles, especially formal and informal upright - to which they are particularly suited.
 See also: Bonsai, Trunk, Tree, Style, Informal upright
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