Types of trees and growing from seed

tommykgocelts

I am totally new to the entire bonsai genre of gardening and I am finding it fascinating. I especially am drawn (it seems like other beginners) to the windswept design and what I would best describe as a group, or grove design. I was wondering which types of trees are the best for each design. It seems like the juniper's make the best wind swept but I haven't really found much on the groups. I anticipate that with my first design I would end up with more of a literati, a butchered naturistic, or completely non classical style. Just to kind of feel out which techniques yield what kind of results.





I was also wondering about beginning bonsai from seed. It would add time but it seems like it would be easier to achieve a design if you could mold the tree for its entire life. I am just out of college so I do have time (in years) to invest in this new hobby.



Thanks, I have enjoyed all of the forum I have looked through, and am looking forward to what seems like the obsession which is to come.

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