Ficus retusa

This fikus first formed was in Akademia Bonsai in Wroclaw(Poland),in July 2009




photo taken today

ficus after

Hello. How do you like ficus today?

Hi WOG.

I love it! Very different sort of Ficus. I think it would be even better on a piece of real stone, or a more natural looking made man stone pot. I see what you're going for with your pot but it needs something better.

I also see that you've discovered that Ficus don't take wire well. Here's a trick - before you wire next take a sharp knife and make a cut through the bark along the length of the bottom of the branch. Then wire and bend into place. When that cut heals the branch will hold the shape. That's what I'm told anyway. I tried it with mine this time, we'll see if it helps.

R

Thanks to Russell, the case is open pot.

so it looks today

WOG,
I like your tree very much. It is progressing nicely. I too am not sure that the pot is the best one to display the many virtues of the tree.
Jerry

Thank you Jerry. I'm thinking of changing the pot

I think you should turn it into a shallow pot or a tray. you will have a beautiful forest.

I really like the tree, I have a similar one, but I am not a fan of unconventional containers.

how about ?
https://i.servimg.com/u/f49/16/19/59/15/img_6913.jpg

looks better

maybe it would be like this. to reduce the length of the branches. cutting thick branches. distance increases. increasing the number of shoots sprouts.
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Super Virtual, I like very much, thank you tap pi lu

ficus in January 2013

I agree with others who don't like your pot. Of course we don't know what is available in Poland. Otherwise it is a very good representation of those giant figs you see pictures of growing over ruins in Indo-China.
There is no Ficus retusa in the bonsai trade. Period. In fact there is only one specimen known in cultivation anywhere, in Indonesia. Anything you see labeled retusa is Ficus microcarpa.
Iris

Thanks for the information retusa - microcarpa, pot will be changed :-), in Poland you can buy today everything :-)
Please forgive my English I use the translator