Flowering Japanese Plum Bonsai
Image: <div class="fn value"> Keisai Eisen (Japan, 1790-1848)</div> (Public domain)
NameFlowering Japanese Plum Bonsai
Species NamePrunus mume
Common NameJapanese Flowering Plum
Bonsai Styleinformal-upright
Estimated Age (years)70
Container Typeceramic pot
Geographic Originasia
Cultivation Difficultyintermediate
Trunk Featuresthick_base, tapered, gently_curved
Foliage Typedeciduous
Height (cm)30
Nebari (Root Flare) Qualitygood
Is Floweringtrue
Notable FeaturesDelicate orange-red blossoms, textured ceramic pot, depicted in a 19th-century Japanese woodblock print.
Description
This bonsai features delicate orange-red blossoms on bare branches, characteristic of an early spring flowering plum. Its sturdy trunk exhibits a gentle curve, rising from a well-developed nebari in a textured ceramic pot. The specimen is depicted in a 19th-century Japanese woodblock print.
