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Beautiful. But genuinely curious- does a bonsai eventually become a tree? Because that's bigger than any actual trees I've attempted to grow.
Yes. The bonsai is an artificial form for a plant. If planted on soil and let be, whatever plant it is, it will grow naturally into its full natural potential.
Just give it a thousand years or so and I bet your trees will be just as beautiful!
Lots of bonsai are plants which would normally become trees, notably small leaf maple, cypress, spruce and junipers. That said "tree" is loosely defined which I didn't know until today so I guess it's a matter of perspective but it seems to be mostly height based.
I'd say 2m or more with descernable bark and an elongated stem (trunk) it's a tree.