Fused ficus

This is the tree I have been working on the longest, and the only one that really amounts to much. I picked this up from wall-mart 2 years ago as a pot full of 10-12 small trees which I fused together. I took this picture quickly before I had to run home to get my wisdom teeth pullled.



I finally got all the main branches wired but now i need to work on leaf reduction ramification and some shortening of a few branches to get a better shape.

Nice job. Most fused Ficus just look conFUSED. This one seems to work.

But those wires . . . are they doing anything? They look pretty thin to actually be holding any bends.

They are a little thin but beforehand these branches were straight as an arrow. I would have used larger wires but I dont have much that are bigger and I couldn't work those in the tight spaces very well.

Axually Jon...you just gave me an idea of what to do with the 3 ficus cuttings my maid stuck in the garden last winter. Yours looks very nice, love to see it after a little more work and maybe leaf reduction.

Bob

Jon,
Very nice work.
Jerry
www.bonsaihunk.us

I like it too Jon!

__Queen

From my limited experience, I found that standard F. benjamina foliage reduces very easily if you keep pinching at it, but ramification is hit-or-miss. I got the best results from pinching on my granddaughter's rubber plant.
Iris

Thanks for the comments on the tree. I know its still got a ways to go but its sure nice to have your first tree starting to look like something and hearing kind words about it.

Well Jon, you have come to the right place!

Queen