How to bend bonsai? Shaping methods for green plants and flowers

Binding with brown silk

One of the methods of binding with brown silk

A very good method of binding with brown silk

Binding with brown silk: downward bending

Binding with brown silk: downward bending (2)

Binding method with brown silk: downward bending (3). Use metal hooks as the main fixing points.

When a branch is thick and stiff, forcing it to bend downward may cause it to break. Therefore, you can saw a row of notches under the branch, wrap it with plastic strips, and then tie it together with brown silk.

Horizontal branch, horizontal bending.

Horizontal bending of an ascending branch

Horizontal bending of an ascending branch

Horizontal bending of a drooping branch

Twisting and bending

Continuous bending

Climbing: wrap the branches with metal wire, then bend them.

If you are afraid that the metal wire will sink into the bark of the branch, you can use kraft paper, cotton cloth, or plastic to make a strip, wrap the wire, and if necessary, wrap the trunk with the climbing wire.

Lifting with metal wire

Metal wire and brown thread used together: thin branches are twisted and bound with thread, thick branches are bent with brown thread

Cutting and assisting bending

Cutting and assisting

Slotting and turning

Twisting

Lifting and bending

Iron fittings

Pull bending