The common view is that there are two ways to classify the quality of bonsai. One is the common bonsai tree, and the second is the master quality tree. There are others names in which people describe the two, many times, not the nicest of names. But for our purpose here, we'll stick to these two.
Common Bonsai
This specimens are often found at your local gardening store. You'll usually notice large cuts that haven't healed and are abrupt, especially on the top. The base will tend to be straight without a root base, or nebari. Foliage tends to be hardly reduced and messy.
While many people own common bonsai, they are indeed just a cut up plant stuck into a pot. Usually the pot is worth more than the tree in our opinion. However, common bonsai can often be affordable and a great start into training it for improvements. These trees definitely need attention and should be considered an investment for future development.
