Bonsai
Critique Form for Informal
Upright
|
Category |
Points |
Critique Guidelines |
Notes |
Score |
|
Informal Upright |
15 |
Forceful, with impression of age and reality. Well proportioned
tree with consistent curved trunk. Leaves, flowers or needles
in proportion to size of tree. |
|
|
|
Lower Trunk and Surface Roots |
15 |
Roots extending out on all side but not directly to front and
hugging soil. Roots match general character of the tree, curved
or straight.Surface roots barely visible over rim of pot Trunk
rises from pot at an angle, either left or right. |
|
|
|
Trunk |
15 |
Consistent taper base to tip.. Visible 2/3 of tree height. Consistent
curvature |
|
|
|
Branches |
15 |
Follow the 1-2-3 pattern (left, right, back or right, left, back)
side branches leave the trunk on the outside of a curve and should
curve or bend to the same degree as the trunk with back branches
shorter than side branches. Largest diameter branch lowest. Degree
of branch ramification is important |
|
|
|
Apex |
5 |
Directly over base or within 10 degrees. Well formed and bowing
towards front |
|
|
|
Silhouette |
10 |
Triangular with visual mass contained within pot as viewed from
the front. Tree is balanced over pot. Branches extend to edge
of pot or slightly beyond. Side silhouette triangular with back
branches shorter than side branches. |
|
|
|
Container |
15 |
Shallow, pot depth should be approximately equal to the diameter
of the trunk at the transition of the root neck to the trunk
when possible and depending on species. Rectangular or oval pot,
length 2/3 of major dimension, height or width. Tree potted off
center. Deciduous trees in glazed pots in harmony with leaves,
fruit or flowers. Evergreen in unglazed pot. Oval or rectangular
- trunk placed slightly off center line to rear and about 1/3
of the length of the pot. Square or round - plant in center of
slightly off center. Longest branches of composition are placed
to cover the greater area of soil. General pot condition and
pot's harmony with the tree |
|
|
|
Other |
10 |
Wiring neat and unobtrusive with no wire marks. Plant healthy
with good leaf color and free of insects and disease. Carefully
groomed with roots, trunk and branches fee of dirt and moss.
Ground cover, if used, is free of weeds and debris. Pruning and
trimming appropriate for tree and species. No unsightly pruning
scars. Jins or shari neat and natural looking. |
|
|
