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Originally Posted by Elm237
But sugar maples will work right?
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Elm237 -
It is my opinion that sugar maples will not easily make believable bonsai.
You may get three sugar maple seedlings planted on a rock but it would be most difficult to get it to qualify as a specimen bonsai. As stated, the leaves are difficult to reduce. Ramification will be difficult because of the long internodes.
Now, is it worth trying even if it will never be a specimen bonsai? Perhaps the trees will still have a lesson for you (as far as the care, patience, soil. water etc.) and the lesson will be in the development of the bonsai caretaker and not the specimen bonsai.
My hope for you would be to spend your time on more worthy material and feel the excitement and satisfaction of success before attempting difficult/impossible material. In this sceniaro, both the development of the bonsai caretaker and the specimen bonsai may progress.
The best to your future and your future trees.
-Candy