KHANH HOA – Mr. Nguyen Van Phung, 59 years old, in Nha Trang spent his time studying the types of plants for propagation to create more than 5,600 micro bonsai pots.

In the 4,000-square-meter garden in Phuoc Dong commune, Mr. Phung spends a lot of space to display thousands of bonsai pots from normal to tiny, with many pots of only 5-10 cm.

Passionate about mini bonsai from 30 years ago, every time he saw strange plants, he immediately learned and planted. “After learning and caring for a large tree, I create my own shape and am fascinated by its beauty”, Mr. Phung said.

The varieties that he chose to make tiny bonsai such as willow, apricot blossom, fir …, but most are fir tree because the small leaves, flexible branches, can survive in inclement weather and you can zoom out to create an image.

Tiny bonsai pots made of fir trees are created by artisans falling on a ceramic vase just a few centimeters.

Bonsai pots from the sam incense tree have a windy shape of only a few centimeters.

Accordingly, the Sam incense trees are planted by Mr. Phung by the method of extracting and dipping the scene to get the seedlings to create a tiny bonsai. Many other trees are in the same way, but each tree has different characteristics, so growers must regularly monitor the plant’s development and care

Bonsai pots with the image of a small pig carrying a tree are cared for by the owner for three years to take shape.

The artist created a tiny bonsai pot for 2-5 years. Because, the seedlings extracted or cut the branches out of the mother tree to start bending or creating a position may die, then have to start over.

Therefore, growers dispersing branches, floors, pruning trees for weightlifting requires skill, grasping techniques as well as meticulousness in each stage and especially monitoring the tree’s growth process regularly without letting them get pests or grow too large.

Players of this type, when wanting to have beautiful works, must choose the varieties, the leaves must be small, spindly, easy to live …, then create embryos, push the branches and then cut off their heads when they grow.

His tiny bonsai is diverse with many different types, shapes, ages, and sizes.

The process of creating mini bonsai through many stages, but the most difficult is to create the roots and trunks because it is too small to take great care, neglecting to water or leaving it in the sun for many hours, the tree will wither. then die

In addition to the bonsai trees with a small area, only a few centimeters, many small scenes are shown by the garden owner on the model of the village gate, old bridge, water station, boat …, and the Tram Tower is a cultural symbol of the region. Khanh Hoa land.

The collection looks quite eye-catching when the objects in life are used to make pots and pots. For example, models of cars, old cars, snails, scallops or cups and other everyday objects are used by him to decorate.

The image of Vietnamese ao dai is reproduced by the owner on a mini bonsai model.

Each pot costs from 500,000 VND to 4-5 million VND, sometimes several tens of million VND depending on the age of the tree, stone and surrounding objects.

The garden owner said that the value of this mini bonsai depends on new enthusiasts pursued by quite a feat. While the work is evaluated, it depends on each person, but it must be liked, the tree must be perennial, beautiful and have high aesthetic.

The owner creates diversity for the collection by using sea snail shells to plant trees.

Over the years, Mr. Phung has spent about 2 billion to invest in this tiny bonsai garden. The value on the market today is an average of 5-6 billion VND, but he does not intend to sell but to satisfy his passion.

Many people enjoy coming to learn or taking pictures to make memories.

With this collection, Mr. Phung achieved the world record when the number of bonsai was the most at more than 5,6000, surpassing India with more than 3,300 trees. “In the near future, I will bring my pots to the Provincial Museum to display for everyone to admire,” said Phung.

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