Hi All,
I finally find a topic that I feel good about commenting on! I too agree and disagree about thuga as a bonsai subject. Here is one I consider good and with more refinment ( which comes with more years in the pot and more work)The tree is styled by Suthin Sukolvisit I tried to insert a hyper link but don't know if it worked.
http://www.royalbonsaigarden.com/pi...o1051368166.gif
. I collect thuga and enjoy them very much . Yes they do have problem foliage but can be beautiful. Arthur Skolnik has also done some very refined thuga ( also from Toronto) if I recall one was selected for JAL top 100 entry a year or two ago.There is also one in my gallery that has only been worked on for three or 4 years and I am about to completely restyle it (though not because of the foliage)
To state the opposite side as well , I don't think they are a beginner tree and yes young nursury stock is always about useless as it will never have the character of a collected tree. So both sides imho are correct. As stated beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. I just love the smell lf the tree when I work on it and at least for me it stirs memories . I think in it's final stages of development it can be somewhat refined without loosing all of it's wildness.
Regards
Jonathan