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Bonsai Master, in my mind
Join Date: Feb-2005
Location: Back Home in Northern California
Country: USA
Posts: 2,041
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G'day Earthgirl...
Your HB looks like a very nice starter...
If it were mine...without having seen it in person...I might try something like this...
Start with major thinning of the foilage. Make it open and airy, with the branches arching gracefully upwards to form something of a flat top...like the Serengenti Style out of Africa (look for the Pretoria Bonsai Club in S. Africa). You might even find an example of a Monterey Cypress...California Coast...as in Carmel and Montery and northward.
Good luck whatever you do.
Pat
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BONSAI isn't about surviving in a storm, rather, how to dance in the rain.
THE ONLY WAY: Always remember, and don't ever forget, that whatever you read here is not cast in concrete... the intent of any advice is to help. In no way should you feel that I’m saying that my way is the only way…heaven forbid! I've seen far too much of the "my way or the highway" attitude in bonsai as well as in other areas of life.
Pat Patterson...Bonsai in the Greater Bay Area, Northern California
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