Buffalo, NY Botanical Gardens

[Gary McCarthy]

I walked around the Buffalo, NY Botanical Gardens today and 2 tiny leaf plants really caught my eye.

This elephant tree.
elephant tree by Gary McCarthy, on Flickr

And this elephant bush.
elephant bush by Gary McCarthy, on Flickr

Just curious if anybody has tried these for a bonsai. I'm thinking there's probably not much you can do with the trunk on the elephant tree. But it looks like you could work with the branches on the elephant bush to style it into a tree.

 

[Redwood Ryan]

The Elephant Bush, a.k.a. P. afra, makes a pretty great subject for bonsai m

 

[f1pt4]

@Gary McCarthy, @lieuz has some nice P. Afra's. Use the search option top right corner. You'll find a bunch of posts here re: P. Afra's.

I should also note, come to Toronto for our Fall bonsai show, I'll be selling my whole P. Afra collection then. I need to downsize my tropical's.

 

[Gary McCarthy]

@Gary McCarthy, @lieuz has some nice P. Afra's. Use the search option top right corner. You'll find a bunch of posts here re: P. Afra's.

I should also note, come to Toronto for our Fall bonsai show, I'll be selling my whole P. Afra collection then. I need to downsize my tropical's.

Thanks for the heads up.