Never give your Sister a Bonsai

bonsaiboy50 · Post by **bonsaiboy50** » January 15th, 2011, 2:31 pm

I gave this Procumbens to my sister about10 years age as a Bonsai. It was then a lovely tree of about 250mm high. After about a year she tired of it and put it into her front garden where it stayed untill a year age. She was doing away with the garden and wanted to know if I would take it back. Well it was a big mess when I went to dig it up, lots of bead branches, ingrown wire etc. After a lot of trimming I ended up with the tree as you see it now . I would no longer call it a bonsai but it makes a good show at the entrance to my garden.
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Mitchell · Post by **Mitchell** » January 15th, 2011, 2:42 pm

This is not styling advice, just an observation, lovely trunk line there.

bonsaiboy50 · Post by **bonsaiboy50** » January 15th, 2011, 2:53 pm

Thanks Mitchell,

I have thought of chopping it down but the wife likes it as it is and as a husband that knows whats good for him, well lets just say that what the wife wants the wife gets

OH but I am allowed to pich it, fert and water it for her

paddles · Post by **paddles** » January 15th, 2011, 3:25 pm

I gave my sister a bonsai once..... I still have it somewhere... I rescued it from her within 6mths.... Mum killed all three that I gave her within a mth each....

Guy · Post by **Guy** » January 18th, 2011, 7:51 pm

would definitely try to air layer half way up--two nice trees there

Glenn C · Post by **Glenn C** » January 18th, 2011, 8:08 pm

Chop, chop, chop is that all you guys think about?

I like it as is, filling that hole halfway up the left would make it a better tree.

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