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To me one of the greatest "adventures" in bonsai is experimenting with new species. Very few people do this (to my knowledge), the majority find enough challenge in succeeding with the traditional material.

With eucaliptus, I will be really excited to find out from you in the future how they respond to root pruning when they become more mature pre-bonsai and then later when you plant them into bonsai pots. The concerns I've heard from the very few people who attempted to work with them is that they hate pot-culture and root pruning. I think that if you work with as many different species as you can lay your hands on, you will find out which ones are the best to work with. This woud be a huge contribution to the bonsai community.

Regards,
Attila

3-Jan-2005	#20
Attila Attila Soos Join Date: Jan-2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Country: USA Posts: 1,946	To me one of the greatest "adventures" in bonsai is experimenting with new species. Very few people do this (to my knowledge), the majority find enough challenge in succeeding with the traditional material. With eucaliptus, I will be really excited to find out from you in the future how they respond to root pruning when they become more mature pre-bonsai and then later when you plant them into bonsai pots. The concerns I've heard from the very few people who attempted to work with them is that they hate pot-culture and root pruning. I think that if you work with as many different species as you can lay your hands on, you will find out which ones are the best to work with. This woud be a huge contribution to the bonsai community. Regards, Attila