Jeremy
Shohin
Here is a not very well documented progression of a 'deciduous' variety of Fig. First photo is from November 2012, second photo as of today. I purchased this early in my growing fascination for bonsai. One may look at the starting stock and ponder what I saw in it, myself included! I was drawn to the triple trunk and 'awesome nebari', but was able to overlook the ugly wire scars, lack of taper and height similarities.
Unfortunately I haven't documented this tree very well but I eventually decided to cut the outer trunks low to eliminate the wire scars and try to add more movement/separation of trunks. All large roots were cut right back in order to develop a decent base that would actually fit in a pot. Since then it has been allowed to grow to heal scars and mature. Today I felt it was time to do some work, finally seeing something in this stock I defoliated and wired most of the tree. The outer trunks are still obviously in development, trying to grow an apex of sorts and heal the large scars, the middle trunk advanced a bit quicker and is in a refinement mode. I will repot tomorrow with a scale reference, so more photos to follow.
For those who aren't familiar with this variety, new growth is red, leaves are relatively large with long internodes, but with training both reduce amazingly. It is semi-deciduous in my climate, will self defoliate during the coldest part of our season (about a 2-3 week timeframe). Commonly called the white fig for the colour of the bark, which is more of a brownish/white colouration. A good species to work with.
Unfortunately I haven't documented this tree very well but I eventually decided to cut the outer trunks low to eliminate the wire scars and try to add more movement/separation of trunks. All large roots were cut right back in order to develop a decent base that would actually fit in a pot. Since then it has been allowed to grow to heal scars and mature. Today I felt it was time to do some work, finally seeing something in this stock I defoliated and wired most of the tree. The outer trunks are still obviously in development, trying to grow an apex of sorts and heal the large scars, the middle trunk advanced a bit quicker and is in a refinement mode. I will repot tomorrow with a scale reference, so more photos to follow.
For those who aren't familiar with this variety, new growth is red, leaves are relatively large with long internodes, but with training both reduce amazingly. It is semi-deciduous in my climate, will self defoliate during the coldest part of our season (about a 2-3 week timeframe). Commonly called the white fig for the colour of the bark, which is more of a brownish/white colouration. A good species to work with.