AusBonsai

I have just styled my first Ficus in years.... (Tiger Bark) not sure of botanical name, and at the root pruning stage had to remove a huge ugly coiled root.
There could be 2 unusual shohin bonsai in the making if it grows from root cuttings. Has anyone tried this form of propagation with figs? I've saved a lot of the branch trimmings to pot on as normal cuttings, which should net me quite a few nice trees for the future, but i'm curious to know if they will grow from root cuttings. I have done it many times with chinese elm, and it's a great way to start off new and unusual shohin.

Most Ficus spp. don't grow from root cuttings. There are a few exceptions however, such as Ficus cordata ssp. salicifolia - one of the Willow Leaf Figs.

Joel

Yep, I only had success with willow leaf fig.

Ficus natalensis will also grow from root cuttings

I have had one for three years now. It stays green when i scrape the cambium but it never throws a bud. It just sits there. I am having the same experience with a trident maple root cutting. It is a strange phenomenon as to why it just does not die.