Redwood Ryan
Masterpiece
Hi all,
This might be a dumb question, but it's something that's had me wondering for a while. Whenever I see an 'Elephant Bush' as a bonsai, I usually see it lacking one thing, nebari. Usually what I see is a beautiful tree above the base. The base is usually knobby looking. Take for example the tree amkhalid posted (I hope you don't mind!). I would post mine, but it's nowhere near as nice as the one posted in the thread linked below. He discusses the base and layering to create better nebari. So, the question is, why is it that Portulacaria afra with nice nebari seem so rare? Do they just not form those beautiful roots? Thanks for any replies, and I hope you don't mind amkhalid (your tree is beautiful)!
http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?7066-Portulacaria-progression
This might be a dumb question, but it's something that's had me wondering for a while. Whenever I see an 'Elephant Bush' as a bonsai, I usually see it lacking one thing, nebari. Usually what I see is a beautiful tree above the base. The base is usually knobby looking. Take for example the tree amkhalid posted (I hope you don't mind!). I would post mine, but it's nowhere near as nice as the one posted in the thread linked below. He discusses the base and layering to create better nebari. So, the question is, why is it that Portulacaria afra with nice nebari seem so rare? Do they just not form those beautiful roots? Thanks for any replies, and I hope you don't mind amkhalid (your tree is beautiful)!
http://bonsainut.com/forums/showthread.php?7066-Portulacaria-progression