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Magnificent Stately Powerful Indoor Chinese Elm Bonsai | 24 years
Product Code: PE192
£650.00
A large and impressive Chinese Elm Indoor Bonsai with Lovely S-Shaped Trunk. Easy to Care For, Perfect for Beginners. This bonsai has the most beautiful and majestic stately appearance – it is a large bonsai & is extremely impressive and artistic with a commanding and powerful trunk.
A wonderful Chinese Elm (Ulmus parvifolia) indoor bonsai tree for sale potted in a contemporary glossy black ceramic pot with matching drip tray.
This bonsai has an exquisite shape and great attention to detail. Beautiful curves and pretty foliage. – Very powerful tree!
The trunk has a lovely s-shape with wonderful clean lines and is complimented by the brilliant texture and colour of the bark.
The refined branch placement creates an excellent foliage canopy with lovely shaped leaves.
Truly spectacular in every way form the branch placement, twisty S-Shaped trunk and character exposed roots. Simply Charming!
The styling of this bonsai is exemplary. It is very powerful and strong with clean lines. In the world of bonsai this is known as a Literati style.
What is a Literati Style Bonsai Tree?
The Literati bonsai style (Bunjin-gi) is a unique and artistic form of bonsai that emphasises elegance and clean lines. Generally literati styled bonsai do not have many lower branches. This one is atypical in the sense that it does have one lower branch but this balances the overall composition beautifully.
Why is the Literati Style So Beautiful?
🌿 Graceful Simplicity – The literati style embraces minimalism, focusing on the tree’s essence, creating a refined and poetic aesthetic.
🌪 Dramatic Movement – The twisting, curving trunk gives the impression of a tree shaped by wind and time. Resulting in a very natural shape with an uncluttered appearance.
🎨 Artistic Expression – This style challenges conventional bonsai design by breaking symmetry, using negative space, and allowing the tree’s silhouette to tell a story.
🖋 Inspired by Classical Art – Traditionally associated with Chinese and Japanese scholars (literati), this style reflects wisdom, contemplation, and artistic sensibility.
One of my favourite features of this bonsai tree is not only the power but the grace. Take a closer look and the way the exposed roots emerge from the soil and blend into the very powerful and commanding trunk flow. It’s pretty awesome!
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Comes with care instructions.
This is the bonsai you will receive – It has been individually photographed so you can appreciate this exact bonsai tree!
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