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Originally Posted by jondenver
Hello
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with western redbud as a bonsai. I obtained this tree 9 years ago at arbour day and have grown it full out with no real pruining and it is now in a 25 gallon container which it has been in for 5 years. Although I have been a practicing certified arbourist for a long time I am relatively new to bonsai and was thinking this year That I might do a radical trunk chop at 16 inches (4-5 inch trunk @ 1 inch above soil level) during budswell in Feb. and at the same time barerooting and cutting back the brick of rootmass by at least 60% and potting down to a rectaingular training pot.
My questions:
1) Does this species backbud into very old wood?
2) Would a trunk chop and root chop at the same time be the wrong decision?
I have searched extensively and it does not seem like this species is very popular for bonsai due to the large leaf and short lifespan however due to space its either this or plant it out in the ground on my rented property which I would rather not do. Any advise would be much apreciated.
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Feel free to go ahead and try. The Eastern redbud does seem to bud back exceedingly well on old wood, as I have observed many times on the trees in my yard. If you have searched extensively, then you know the difficulties involved with these trees as bonsai.
I suggest, though, that you not spend a great deal of time searching for those tall, straight, timber redbud forests!