bonsaial1

Ahh.... Import elms. My biggest pet peeve. I can't figure out what makes these so appealing to the general public, but they sure do sell good. The "s" curve is so fake. I have never seen a tree grow like this. I am sure that somone here could find a tree growing all contorted like this, but it would not be the norm, and sure never be considered as such.

Some will say, " but Al, you just showed us how to bend a elm and pine into all these weird shapes, are they not fake?"

Well you would be right. Trees for the most part do not grow all twisted up like that either. But.... look at the s elms, and then look at the twisted up elms. There is something artistic about the way the elms are bent. For one thing they tend to be smaller in size which may help, but I think mostly its just that one bend in the s elm that makes it look so hoaky.

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