...is pretty much what bonsai is, especially during development. ?chasing back the foliage?
Wanting the growth at the top only. Keeping the growth off lower until the branches are woody and less likely to bud again.What's the reason for chasing back the foliage? Excuse me if it is answered in the video included in this thread I haven't got a chance to watch it all yet
Seems like there are several ways of working these. This is my first attempt at doing this. Once the ramification gets going and I have to wire again I may not be liking it so much. The guy in the video did say there is lots of wiring using this method.Looking good! I love the direction you are going with this one. Makes me want to go pick out a boxwood to play with. My MiL has some stunning old, gnarly ones in front of the house she's selling but she won't let me cut them back and dig them up, nor the old azaleas, alas. Haha.
The best way to thicken most trees is to plant it in the ground and let it grow. Different trees grow at different rates. Not sure about the boxwoods growth rate/I just purchased a Japanese boxwood today. I'm really excited about it! How do you go about getting the trunk like that though? There's a bit of confusing information that states the boxwood does not thicken how other bonsai trees do, and it can take decades. Is that true?
Its slowly getting there.That is fantastic! I can see the 'old oak tree' idea now.