Perrywinkle
Mame
Hello everyone. Come spring I'm thinking of collecting a weeping willow (Salix babylonica) growing near my house that has a beautiful double trunk. I just wanted to bounce around ideas with you guys on what direction I should take the tree since the trunk gives a lot of options.
As you can see it's quite a substantial trunk... verging on not bonsai size. But I think if I cut back the branches to the base I could get a nice large bonsai. Now my question is whether you guys think I should keep the double trunk style or if I should just keep the trunk on the left? Also, I thought about maybe grafting a branch from the Yatsubusa true dwarf variety to see if I could get smaller leaves. Methinks this would be a challenge given willow's notorious habit of droping branches. But, if I let the branch grow to a substantial size then start pruning the chances of it dying off are a lot lower. Anyways, you guys' imput would be appreciated.
As you can see it's quite a substantial trunk... verging on not bonsai size. But I think if I cut back the branches to the base I could get a nice large bonsai. Now my question is whether you guys think I should keep the double trunk style or if I should just keep the trunk on the left? Also, I thought about maybe grafting a branch from the Yatsubusa true dwarf variety to see if I could get smaller leaves. Methinks this would be a challenge given willow's notorious habit of droping branches. But, if I let the branch grow to a substantial size then start pruning the chances of it dying off are a lot lower. Anyways, you guys' imput would be appreciated.