Taiwan

From BonsaiWIKI

Taiwan is an island nation 80 miles off the coast of China, south of Japan, and north of the Philippines. The people are mainly ethically Chinese, but have a rich cultural history of influence from Japan as well, being a Japanese territory from 1895 until 1945.

The rich cultural influences, and the mild equatorial weather provide for a diversity of plant life on an island that has tropical like rain forests at sea level, and temperate rain forests in the interior mountains.

As a result, Taiwanese bonsai artists can grow and choose from a variety of compatible species. The banyan fig is by far the most recognized species utilized in the Taiwanese art, but Juniperus chinesis, Japanese Yew, Cryptomeria, Podocarpus, tamarind, Chinese Parasol Trees, common Jasmine Orange, Formosa Firethorn, maple, Chinese Hackberry and even Guava, among other species that all grow natively here, are cultivated by the estimated 20,000 professional growers/artists.

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