Ornamental Horticulture

Introduction

The word Bonsai is derived from Chinese Penjing and in Japanese ‘bon’ means, ‘shallow pot” and the ‘sai’ means “plant” which is translated as ‘tray planting’. Bonsai is the art of growing trees, proportionately in small containers, occasionally in combination with rocks of many forms, by treating them with certain techniques in order to reproduce in miniature the lordly appearance of large and aged trees or landscape as found in nature.

In recent days, the demand for bonsais is growing rapidly in leaps and bounds and has attained the status of an exclusive sector in the landscape gardening industry.