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Bonsai nare-do-well
Join Date: Jan-2003
Location: Summerville SC
Country: USA
Posts: 4,653
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Live oak style ?
For the last few years I have been trying to do a tree that is reminiscent of those old live oaks here in South Carolina
Originally I tried to actually work with a live oak but they grow too slow and I didn’t have a hundred or so years to spare. Finally settled on this cork bark elm. (ulmus thomasii I believe but am not sure)
It had the fissured bark and small leaves that slightly resemble the live oak.
The nabari still needs to develop more and maybe the branches need a slight thinning out but it does remind me of those old oaks down here. Same shape more or less.
The tree is 32 inches tall (including the pot) and is maybe 25 years old.
So how close do you think I got with it. ?
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