bonsainotwar

It doesn't take too much experience,to recognize which trees,will and won't make natural cascades.Usually,this involves the right kind of bend,near the base,especially on a seed-grown tree.I have a collected peach,and a seed grown woods rose,that fits this criteria,as well as a serviceberry,that I may or may not be able to cascade.

Sometimes you will have a tree,with a bend further up the trunk,that you can take advantage of,and sometimes ,you will find a tree that is small,bushy, and has a lot of lopsided growth,on one side,that you can cut back,and create a natual cascade out of,without fooling with the trunks.I recently bought a bushy little Sargeant Crab,I plan to do this with,entirely by clip and grow.

I don't believe in arrtificially manipulating trunks to create artificial cascades that rarely look natural.