Air-layering a nursery stock Chinese elm

[Hbhaska]

I recently performed air-layering to a tall Chinese elm to get two trees and to create bonsai from a nursery stock. Today, I found plenty of roots and I decided to cut the air-layered top tree and plant it in a pond basket in a well- draining soil mixture.
I was hoping to create a broom style with this one but I’m open to ideas and suggestions. Thank you

 

[Shibui]

Well done on the layer. Roots look good.
The new tree is still pretty skinny. You can make whatever you like from thin trunks.
If you want broom style the trunk should be vertical. Broom style is formal upright for deciduous. Best with a full radial root system and strong vertical trunk spreading out into major branches and a complete canopy.

 

[Hbhaska]

Well done on the layer. Roots look good.
The new tree is still pretty skinny. You can make whatever you like from thin trunks.
If you want broom style the trunk should be vertical. Broom style is formal upright for deciduous. Best with a full radial root system and strong vertical trunk spreading out into major branches and a complete canopy.

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Well done on the layer. Roots look good.
The new tree is still pretty skinny. You can make whatever you like from thin trunks.
If you want broom style the trunk should be vertical. Broom style is formal upright for deciduous. Best with a full radial root system and strong vertical trunk spreading out into major branches and a complete canopy.

Thanks.

I wonder what style it is if the tree has a lot of ramification on the top (broom-like) but still has a slant/movement. See the enclosed photo from Herons, and they call this broom-style. I guess at some point strict classifications break down.

 

[Shibui]

I agree that there are certainly grey areas around the edges of all the traditional styles and some crossover where trees have elements of several different styles.
I have plenty of trees that do not conform with the traditional styles. I just don't label them with the names of something they are not. I have recently seen a few growers using alternative terms for these trees that are neither one not another. I guess all styles were once new and innovative and as bonsai continues to evolve we are likely to see new names and definitions rewritten.
Enjoy growing your trees whatever style they turn out to be or not to be.