Hi everyone,
What a great forum!
I'll get right too it....
A few months back I found this growing in my garden under a Loquat tree. Not sure what it is but given there are several plum and cherry type 'weed' species naturalised here, it's likely to be something along those lines.
I basically just yanked it out of the ground planning to throw it on the compost and only decided to keep it last minute as a heap of roots came too.
So I chopped the top 2/3 off (it was very leggy having been in full shade), trimmed the roots and stuck it in an old bonsai pot, I had lying around, with basic potting mix.
Much to my surprise (have done nothing more than water it) it has thrived and reshooted.
The pot is about 20x30x5cm and the tree now stands near 70cm. As you can see most growth is near the top and the main trunk ends rather abruptly where I cut the top 2/3 off.
Winter is nearing so I imagine it'll drop its leaves soon.
Now I love bonsais, but have never gotten into them. I’m a fanatic gardener and have a large glasshoused Nepenthes collection. Now that I have it, I thought what a perfect excuse to start another hobby ;-)
My reason for posting is that I'd like to ask for suggestions as to how best to prune and shape it based on how it looks now:
Any and all suggestions are much appreciated.
AJ