bonsai @ s'pore botanic gardens

bonsai is the art of dwarfing trees or plants and developing them into an aesthetically appealing shape by growing, pruning and training them in containers according to the prescribed techniques.

currently, the bonsai display in the gardens is located around the bandstand. it comprises 48 specimens ranging from tropical to sub-tropical species and varieties. they are made up of 29 plant types.

sizes vary from 40 cm to 200 cm in height. plants were trained and portrayed in different styles viz. upright,informal upright, slanting, semi-cascading, cascading, forest, raft, twintrunk, root over rock, rock landscape, etc. according to the inherent characteristics of the plant.

something new that i learnt today: the banana plant/tree can be 'bonsaied'.