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bonsaiTALK Artisan
Join Date: Mar-2007
Location: Melbourne
Country: Australia
Posts: 107
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I'd certainly agree with 007 - next to the Tridents, the Seiju's I've had experience with are some of the toughest little trees I've worked with.
Mine have not required any special attention, have been quick growing, heal fast, give plenty of back budding and have quite flexible branches (even after a couple of years of growth).
Main issues I've had is controlling the back budding (rampant around major wounds) and that the bark is quite soft (suseptible to moisture and the wayward bump).
Add to this the craggy textures, small leaves, small internodes with straight forward ramification and I reckon you've got a winner for bonsai.
Here's a recent pic of the same tree from the orignal post. It's 3 months on, with major branches selected and some loose wiring to start moving them into place.
Gav
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