"Ad hoc" penjing

[Fidur]

Two years ago, after I was gifted a chinese elm (my first bonsai), I bought my first mallsai. It was a zantoxilum piperitum, and unfortunatly I was not educated enough to know what characterisitcs to look for and what to avoid. And so I bought this:



Half of the trunk was off, and had no movement.
I let it grow, but the original faults remained ( the trunk scar was healing but very slowly):


A month ago (trying to bend it) I damaged the right side of the tree.
I was ready to give up on it, but I finally decided to give it a chance as a penjing, using only the right branch:



I guess it's better than composting it.....

 

[BrianBay9]

Adding a rock can turn many flaws into assets! Nice work.

 

[BrightsideB]

Very cool! I love the types of moss you used!

 

[Carol 83]

Very creative solution, I like it.

 

[Thrymskvida]

Looks beautiful! I am planning on something similar with a Ficus burtt-davyii because they don't really thicken up, and often grow on rockfaces in the wild.