spoonman

i doubt you will be able to get the foliage any smaller. ive never heard them be referred to as horse tail though. we just call them allocasuarina's at work, never tried em as bonsai.

there are alot of native australian tree's and sheubs that are grown as bonsai, you people should see if you can get your hands on some, dont know how widely available they are overseas though.

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