"Do not get caught in the trap of taking everything this person says as the gospel!"
This applies especially when using a reference book found in elsewhere in the world in which it was written.
If a beginner can not have the experience of learning about the important principles of bonsai by an expert, you should get as much material for bonsai as possible - if it can be just pictures of trees, the discussions on the style the various processes involved or lists of species suitable for use. This mass information to become familiar with bonsai and help them gain experience by experimenting with cheap materials bonsai. Often it bonsai nurseries and bonsai show will also see bonsai beginners truth in real life from all sides, unlike the usual 2D format. This will allow newcomers to see how bonsai should be displayed and will end
The two basic styles of bonsai are the classic (Koten) and the informal sector or "comic" (bunjin). The first is the trunk of the tree wider base and tapered top, it's just the opposite of "bunjin," a style more difficult to control.
Over the years, fans often tried to reclassify bonsai styles, and their many subsidiaries in which plants can be trained. Once you understand the principles behind these designs / styles, you'll have a reference point for judging a potential bonsai tree and decide what to style.
If you study carefully the trees grow naturally, it is possible to design a realistic bonsai without knowing the names of these styles. It is not necessary to adhere strictly to the rules specific to their chosen style, adapted to the natural habitat of a plant.
When you start a bonsai, remember that you work with a living plant. Look carefully at its natural characteristics and you can distinguish them in an appropriate style or styles. All conifers are like "broom" reasonably unfit, for example, but it is very suitable for all other styles, including formal and informal upright - because they are particularly suitable. Often, you can build a plant in several styles, but it is essentially straight as a beech or elegantly slender like a maple. Even if a style does not really suits a particular plant, you can always interpret it in different ways.
Shrubs such as azaleas that are like trees in nature have fewer restrictions on the style you choose, but in general it is better to base any design in the form of a tree that grows in nature. People who are still learning the basics of bonsai should not attempt to create a bonsai in a style completely different from the natural growth pattern of a tree, although it is quite possible that you gain more experience.
