Acacia senegal var. Rostrata

[lennard]

I bought this Acacia as a nursery grown tree in 2009 in a plastic plant bag. The tree is one and a half year in training.

Leaf size the smallest of all Acacia I know. Ramification of branches very difficult - the new shoots very thick from the start.

This little Acacia is about 18 cm high, canopy 25 cm wide, trunk 4cm wide and I'm trying the Pierneef-style defined by Charles Ceronio in his book, Bonsai styles of the world.

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Any critiques, comments, advice or virtual welcome

Lennard

[Ash]

G'Day Lennard,

Nice to see you pursue a natural Acacia shape and that you are working with difficult indigenous materials. I see the stones on top of the pot are piled quite high, Does this pose a problem for watering?

Ash

[lennard]

G'Day Lennard,

Nice to see you pursue a natural Acacia shape and that you are working with difficult indigenous materials. I see the stones on top of the pot are piled quite high, Does this pose a problem for watering?

Ash

Yes, the South African species used for bonsai is an untapped resource. Bonsai here in RSA is still in its baby shoes - sometimes I wonder what magnificent trees there could have been if bonsai was done from the time Jan van Riebeeck landed here in 1652!

The ramification of this species does not pose a too big problem for me. Looking at the tree you must just imagine that the stalks of the compound leafs are the branches.

The tree is not in its final pot/setting and that is why the soil is heaped so high - I do need some surface roots before the roots can be reduced further to enable me to put it in a shallower pot.

watering is no problem because the trees are watered either by submersion or by using sprayers.

Lennard