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The problem, as you have realized, is the size of the thing. The leaves are simply much too large to be suitable as bonsai and no technique can scale them down.

One member of the Bonsai Club of Košice (in Slovakia) displayed his catalpa a couple of years ago. It is about 1,3 metres tall and even at that it looks a bit top-heavy. Considering the size of the leaves, I can’t imagine that the catalpa can be nurture any smaller than that and be expected to have proportionally pleasing results.

So if you're really bent on having a catalpa as bonsai, you'll have to make it a large one. Sorry.

13-May-2006	#6
OddManOut bonsaiTALK Neophyte Join Date: May-2006 Location: Skåne Country: Sweden Posts: 8	Catalpa as Bonsai The problem, as you have realized, is the size of the thing. The leaves are simply much too large to be suitable as bonsai and no technique can scale them down. One member of the Bonsai Club of Košice (in Slovakia) displayed his catalpa a couple of years ago. It is about 1,3 metres tall and even at that it looks a bit top-heavy. Considering the size of the leaves, I can’t imagine that the catalpa can be nurture any smaller than that and be expected to have proportionally pleasing results. So if you're really bent on having a catalpa as bonsai, you'll have to make it a large one. Sorry.