Frogboy

I knew this would cause a flamewar.

The answer I am looking for is why a bonsai "tree" with the appearance of a low growing shrub should be more desirable than a tree with the appearance of a tree.

All the pictures that Matt referenced do not look like candle-flames to me. Maybe this is too subtle to even be discussing. I think it is just a question of the limitations of growing a tree in a pot. In nature, the multi-trunk trees have much slimmer trunks compared to the overall width of the tree. I've never worked with Ginkgo, so I don't know if it is just too difficult to wire to accomplish a more tree-like image.

I am actually searching for an answer here, not just trying to cause trouble. I don't have an answer already in mind, earthgirl, so I'm not trying to "lead" anybody into saying something. I truly have no idea why Ginkgo is styled this way.

I am including a modified drawing of what I suspect people who end up with the candle-flame are trying to accomplish. It's subtle, but the image on the right has dramatically more space between the ground and the first foliage than any of the bonsai I showed earlier.

These are links of the tree shape that I am talking about. These are all large, adult Ginkgo. They look like trees. Maybe I'm just too picky. I dunno.

Anyway, look at these and tell me why I never see Ginkgo styled like these full-size Ginkgo.

http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/shoya...hima/Ginkgo.jpg

http://www.wustl.edu/images/visit-ginkgo-walk.jpg

http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/tree/Photos/Ginkgo(2).jpg

http://www.botanik.univie.ac.at/hbv...n/ginkgo_gr.jpg

http://www.giardinare.it/images/ginkgo.jpg

http://www.chicago-botanic.org/rese...ls/ginkgo_b.jpg

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/...all/ginkgo.jpeg

http://www.bouture.com/ginkgobiloba.jpg

http://www.g-netz.de/Health_Center/...go-biloba-4.jpg

http://www.load.arch.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ginkgo.jpg

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