Bonsai is typically defined as a compact and tortured tree with a heavy trunk. However I was always drawn to pictures showing slender and small trunks bearing flowers. As if youth and wisdom had encountered for a short time lapse.

I finally succeeded to create this image using root cuttings from an older crabapple tree. Most fruiting trees will only flower after 10 to 15 years from seed.

malus shohin fleurs

malus shohin fleurs

malus shohin fleurs

malus shohin fleurs