The informal Moyogi or upright Bonsai style is one of the most classic styles of bonsai cultivation and has some simple rules:
- first of all we start with the removal of the central tap root
- therefore, the development of lateral and superficial roots should be favored, which should be arranged radially at the base of the trunk
- the base of the trunk must be well developed (it is important to obtain a good taper of the trunk)
- the trunk rises towards the other with a certain sinuosity: the branches must develop from the outside of the curves of the trunk itself
- the first branch must be placed laterally at the bottom and is the most important one
- the second branch must be arranged higher than the first and on the opposite side
- a deep branch should be directed towards the rear side of the plant, between the first and second branches, slightly off-center towards one side so that it can be glimpsed from the front of the plant
- the other branches (third, fourth, etc., etc.) are gradually smaller as you go up the trunk and follow the pattern of the underlying branches
- no main branches should be facing the viewer (front of the plant)
- so up to the apex, full of small branches, which ideally bows towards the observer
