Bonsai trees are some of the most elegant, yet expensive trees on the market. A bonsai is an art form that originated in sixth-century China and requires many years of education and many hours per day of cultivation.
On the one hand, bonsai plants are, indeed, miniature trees that represent the authentic beauty and majesty of living nature when cultivated in a small container. But apart from the small size, it is the entire spectrum of care, attention, dedication, knowledge, and artistic skills needed to create a bonsai tree masterpiece that often remains invisible to the eye.
What Makes Them So Expensive?
Like many pieces of art, bonsai trees come at a high price. At the 2012 International Bonsai Convention, a tree was on sale for 100 million yen, just under a million dollars. Bonsai trees are a form of artistic expression, dissimilar to other types of plants you can buy at the nursery.
When you purchase a bonsai tree, you are also purchasing a piece of the artist’s vision, but unlike many other pieces of art that are made in days, weeks, or even years, the art of the bonsai tree is created over decades, and sometimes even centuries. Bonsai trees have a trademark aesthetic. They are often placed in large pots with space for other bonsai plants so that they can grow amongst trees and grass to simulate a tiny forest.
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What Is The Dwarfing Process?
Dwarfing involves the cultivation of a regular tree to create a perfect miniature in a small pot. The practice of creating tiny trees is because of the complicated and labour-intensive process required to ensure the different trees engage with each other.
Yamadori is the Japanese practice of collecting bonsai trees that grow organically in nature. Some trees that are grown in the wild create their bonsai trees, based on the complex root system beneath the dirt.
It is extremely rare to find trees raised through the Yamadori method since they are grown in very remote locations. The trees collected using the Yamadori method have a low survival rate when sold in artificial environments.
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Bonsai In Pakistan & Its Price
Bonsai trees in Pakistan can cost somewhere between PKR 5000 – PKR 250,000. Most often, they are imported into Pakistan. However, small businesses have been cultivating the plants on their own as well. Different cities across Pakistan including Karachi and Multan hold several exhibitions to help people get insight and learn the art of Bonsai cultivation.
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