Abeis Forest (height: 40 cm)

Abeis Forest.
Safe delivery in a wooden crate.

• Height: 40 cm (escluding pot)

• Width: 68 cm

• Trunk: 6,5 cm

• Pot: Height 1 cm / 34 × 74 cm

Photos taken in November 2025

Abies forest bonsai, a stand of firs in miniature

This Abies forest bonsai gathers several firs into a single living landscape, a group planting that reads like the edge of an alpine wood seen from a distance. Where a solitary tree asks you to admire one trunk, a forest composition like this one tells a quieter story about space, perspective and the way trees grow together. At 40 cm tall and a generous 68 cm across, it has real depth, with taller trees leading the eye and smaller ones receding into an implied distance.

Abies, the true firs, bring a crisp, dark-green needling and an upright, candle-straight habit that suits the forest idiom perfectly. Arranged on a shallow slab, the trunks rise like a stand of conifers on a mountain shelf, their soft foliage layering into a continuous canopy. The planting is set on a thin ceramic slab, only about 1 cm deep and 34 by 74 cm, so the trees appear to grow straight from the land rather than from a container.

The forest in the bonsai tradition

The forest planting, yose-ue, is one of the most evocative forms in the art, drawn from the painterly idea of suggesting a whole woodland within a single frame. Conifers such as fir and spruce have always been favoured for it, their natural verticality lending itself to the rhythm of a grove. A well-built forest is less about any one tree than about the harmony of the group, and it carries the calm of a real wood into the home.

About this composition

This forest stands around 40 cm tall excluding its slab, spans roughly 68 cm, and the leading trunk measures about 6.5 cm, presented on the shallow slab shown in the photographs, which is included. The trees are arranged with believable spacing and graded heights that give the planting genuine depth. Photographed in November 2025, it is offered exactly as pictured.