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Mine was like yours and you can see how much i have cut it back here. I then put it with another i had . Here is the other one ,it nearly died from drying out on the slab was i decided to put it with the other in a pot.

I think yours needs to be cut back a bit to get a bit tighter .

I reckon you could get something close with yours. Yours may just have a few more trunks I have one very similar also.

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This is a local deer park i was lucky to get access to. I moved this thread as it didn't seem to be coming into the new posts. 052 by smithyla67, on Flickr 008 by smithyla67, on Flickr 007 by smithyla67, on Flickr 006 by smithyla67, on Flickr 005 by smithyla67, on Flickr 187 by...

I would be in straight away and offer to replace it with a new tree or shrub. The amount of times i see things ripped out after thinking it would make a good bonsai. You might find they don't like the thing and would like all the grass being smooth so you could turf it for them.

I can't see all of tree 1 , but i would keep tree 2 as a garden tree. Sometimes its best to use what you have and make the best out of it. That is such a good tree already and sometimes you need pieces like this to break up the space. You could dome the top more to go with the shapes of the...

Thats a really nice tree Judy . Your doing a good job with it.

Not sure if i put this in the right place . Its not showing up in new posts. Can someone let me know if they can see it please.

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This is a local deer park i was lucky to get access to. 052 by smithyla67, on Flickr 008 by smithyla67, on Flickr 007 by smithyla67, on Flickr 006 by smithyla67, on Flickr 005 by smithyla67, on Flickr 187 by smithyla67, on Flickr 185 by smithyla67, on Flickr...

Its crataegus monogyna , our common hawthorn.

I originally gave it to her as a small plant for her birthday.

here is a Hazel that i dug from my motherin laws garden . 002 by smithyla67, on Flickr 028 by smithyla67, on Flickr 030 by smithyla67, on Flickr

I bought this in an auction . It was like it was in the first pic. I think the top had died back and the owner and then sprouted from the bottom . It was £40. I love getting material like this as i don't have to put the effort in of digging it and waiting for it to recover. Here is the pot...

Thanks guys. This one goes into a pot this spring . Judy the chair is usually full up so no room :D

Thanks for the replys , i do appreciate your comments. The deadwood i carved . I did this a few years ago and maybe it wasn't the best as really i didn't go with the grain but i just wanted to try it out . My carving does get a little better each time i have a go. I have been trying with...

This is an escallonia i dug up from a garden. This is it in Jan 2011 004 (4) by smithyla67, on Flickr 006 (3) by smithyla67, on Flickr 008 (2) by smithyla67, on Flickr This was it this summer 015 by smithyla67, on Flickr 016 by smithyla67, on Flickr

Here is a hawthorn i've been working on a for a few years. I've just had a pot made for it by John Pitt so it will be put into it in the spring . Just got to build up some ramification now. 015 by smithyla67, on Flickr 014 by smithyla67, on Flickr 015 by smithyla67, on Flickr...

Here is another of my Larch . Here it is when i first got it . 054 by smithyla67, on Flickr and today 002 by smithyla67, on Flickr 003 by smithyla67, on Flickr 007 by smithyla67, on Flickr 010 by smithyla67, on Flickr 013 by smithyla67, on Flickr 015 by...

Hi John , thanks for that . Yes i have come a long way . Before i found the internet i was just thrashing around in my garden on my own . I hadn't seen a real bonsai up till then . I do practice a lot so i'm glad that you can see the progress. Yes i shape gardens so i get to work on trees all day.

Yes keep at it , it is practice that gets you there in the end. We have all gone through this at the beginning. I sometimes cringe when i look back at what i did to some of the material i got my hands on.

Haha thanks . Yes it is me here I didn't realise it was u . I thought i was half way round the world and nobody would know me here.