The art of "Penjing" or "Artistic Pot Plants" in China dates back some 1,700 years to the Jin and the Tang Dynasties. From then on it increased in popularity and flourished during the Ming and the Ching Dynasties.
Artistic pot plants comprise high mountains and aged woods, wide expanses of wilderness with green forests and gurgling streams, contained in the limited space of shallow earthenware vessels. The creation of all this requires a highly imaginative mind backed by good plant knowledge and experience in training these plants. >Continue