Tree stumps are common in the countryside: a thousand-year-old one cannot be sawn into planks, and a ten-thousand-year-old one cannot be made into a bridge, yet as a bonsai it is actually worth money

Vitex negundo (Chinese chaste tree) is a shrub or small tree of the genus Vitex in the family Verbenaceae. It can be seen everywhere in the countryside and is one of the important tree species among common mixed-wood stump bonsai.

Vitex negundo is generally cultivated for ornamental purposes as garden bonsai or landscaping. It has a high survival rate, needs hardly any management, and is also very suitable for home cultivation and appreciation. Vitex negundo grows rather slowly, hence the saying: a thousand-year-old one cannot be sawn into planks, and a ten-thousand-year-old one cannot be made into a bridge, meaning it never grows large. In flower markets, those quaint and vigorous Vitex negundo bonsai are mostly collected from the mountains. Mountain collecting means digging up tree stumps of ornamental and economic value from wild hills and deep forests and then transplanting them into flower pots as natural bonsai.

Because Vitex negundo is very common, people say it is not worth much. An ordinary Vitex negundo bonsai costs only one hundred to several hundred yuan, and a better one costs over a thousand yuan. So what kind of Vitex negundo bonsai has greater ornamental and economic value? Let us take a look at these premium Vitex negundo bonsai below.

Vitex negundo bonsai: Never Apart

This mountain-collected Vitex negundo has an quaint, ancient and extraordinary form, like a pair of loving sweethearts who will never be separated for life after life, so the garden owner named it: Never Apart. This is a bonsai symbolizing love. It is not expensive, only over sixty thousand.

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Vitex negundo bonsai: Blood Ties

This Vitex negundo has a graceful posture, with roots connected to roots, so it is named Blood Ties, and it costs only seventy or eighty thousand.

Vitex negundo bonsai: Exquisite Delicacy

This Vitex negundo has cracked and fissured bark, exposed sinews and bones, and a vigorous, quaint air. Moreover, it is a naturally hollowed tree stump, called Exquisite Delicacy, and it is very beautiful. The garden owner is asking one hundred and sixty thousand for this pot. What do you think?

Vitex negundo bonsai: Qilin

The garden owner introduced that this Vitex negundo grew in cracks between rocks, and it took great effort to dig it out and bring it back. Its shape is peculiar, extremely like the auspicious beast Qilin of ancient times, so it is named Qilin. He will absolutely not let it go for less than two hundred thousand.

Vitex negundo bonsai: Watching Over Time

This one is amazing, absolutely at collection level. An exhibit at a certain flower show, priced at two million eight hundred thousand. After expert appraisal, this Vitex negundo has a tree age of over a thousand years, fully showing the marks of time. It is named: Watching Over Time, and it is a rare treasure seldom seen.

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