Vonsgardens

Hi,
Just wondered. Frequently folks who are new to the transformation process see cascade or semi cascade trees in their material. If you look at Al Keplers thread called "New shoes.." you will see a tree that actually works as a semicascade.

The key difference between that tree and this one is that that tree was not a "broom style" juniper that was wired and styled into a form that it could not support. Based on the pictures posted, it looks as though there is actually a potential shohin tree down at the base of the excessively long branches that were used to force this tree in to a cascade. A key point is to make the most compact tree that you can, and then work from there.

We don't have to wait for time to tell us that this tree won't work as a cascade- it tells us now. The nice thing is, you have a community of bonsai friends who will make suggestions, that might help you to not make all of the mistakes that we have made. I made a number of these cascade trees back 15 years ago or so- they are no longer with me (I raffled a few...).

Cheers,
John

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