Dreaded Serissa

[Tadakun]

My wife and myself were perusing the local bonsai nursery and came across this little grouping starter. My wife fell in love and naturally I agreed to adopt the little guy. I've read many a horror story of this Serissa and I already warned here it may or may not survive. She would like me to keep it as a grouping...or clump style.

there is certainly a tree out of the 3 I consider to be the dominant eye catcher. the other two are sticks with leaves close to the main trunk. Out of the couple of groups I saw at the nursery this one was, to me, the most appealing. I will attempt a virt to show what I invision. I would love to see other peoples opinions or thoughts.

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Could be a fun project if the trunks were spread out a bit, and wired with some heavy wire to add movement.

 

[rockm]

You most likely have three separate trees that can be moved around at repotting time. Even though the trunks are thinner and branching a bit sparse, you can probably get a pretty decent little group planting out of it.

Use a wider shallower pot (which might mean you have to reduce the root masses significantly--over time) to complement the trunks.

 

[Tadakun]

I agree with the 3 seperate trees. However, My wife was pretty sure she wanted a group planting so I will do what i can to make it work.

I took a little time last night to find an apex of the dominant tree, aswell as wire and reduce the height of the two others. I also wired the one off to the right of the main tree to add some movement away from the main guy.

 

[stacy allen muse]

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[Tadakun]

what Rockm was getting at is that seeing that they are still young,
they more than likely can be seperated, and re-arranged in a way
that you might prefer more. Still having a group planting.

gotcha, I was wondering how they would react to being divided.

 

[stacy allen muse]

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