Hi skm, I think we all agreed to disagree Have you seen a full cascade styled tropical,(excluding the buttonwood) in any of those books? I think that answers your question. IMO if you want to grow a ficus or other tropical in the cascade style that is certainly ok. I think what matters most is that you like it. But if you are referring to it being acceptable in the bonsai tradition I would not think so. Just my opinion but I am a novice so take it with a shaker of salt.

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Hu Yunhua has a casading Shefflera in his book Penjing-The Art Of Miniature Gardens,and the thing is "BAD" ...as in "GOOD".I personally see no prob with using tropicals for the cascade look,just don't make them look like a cascading pine right?

LOL I would love to see that shefflera! Guess I have to buy another book huh?