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Jacaranda seedling from the local park.

The one in the ceramic pot looks great for a seedling.

Thanks Akhi It’s the same tree only about 8 months apart.I was just growing it in the black flower pot. The local park has about 5 mature trees and are putting up seedlings all over the place. Must be 20 in a 5 square meter space.
It went nuts with growth over summer and autumn.
New growth thickens really quickly and have to constantly keep an eye on it. if you want a branch to be a certain thickness, if you look away from it, suddenly it’s twice as thick as you wanted. I suspect that’s why I don’t see too many as bonsai.
I may need to grow it larger to keep branching in proportion, but I really like the Trunkline and taper.
I’ll see what it does over the next growing season.

I've never been sure about using plants with large leaves for bonsai, even if the leaflets are small. That looks quite nice though. I have a volunteer Melia Azedarach in my yard which a street tree gave birth to. I hit it with the whipper snipper a few times and probably tried to rip it out by hand. But now I notice it has a nice bend and taper and you've got me thinking...

Do it, what’s the worst that can happen?

Leaf size will reduce in a pot as well as when you defoliate/trim.
The leaf size on the Jacaranda has reduced a lot from when it came from the park.
I also cut the larger leaves in half and then cut into an arrow shape to resemble a proper jacaranda leaf.