Originally Posted by SiNguyen

[QUOTE=bridge]" My question for you is is the literati or semi-cascade style appropriate for a brush cherry tree? "


Hi everybody, Tblake, the answer is yes. I have seen the Australian Brush Cherries styled as literati and cascades. These things are indestructible, at least in my area of Southern California. Here are some of mine. The tall penjing/literati one here is 36 inches tall from the rim of the pot, and was a volunteer that popped up in my yard 6-7 years ago. I just let it grow wild for a few years and finally potted it in a cheap Chinese pot last year. The second tree is 23 in tall and was a topiary tree in my yard that refused to die despite being chopped to the ground. It popped back up 4-5 years ago, and I took pity on it and saved it as a bonsai. I am glad I saved it, because now it is one of my favorite. It is still in a training mica pot. I have one trained as a cascade too, but I don't have a picture for it yet.

Your tree is a perfectly cute little broom style. You must have really liked it in order to pay that much for it, so you should just enjoy it as it is. In a few years, when it got overgrown a little, may be you could restyle it as an informal upright. I agree with people here, don't try to force it as a cascade or literati. It is still too small and too young looking at this point. Good luck with it.
Si