What to do with this acacia

Here are some pictures of another acacia fromn Jolz, please give your design suggestions.



Here is another option



Here are pictures of piles of acacia,It was bulldozed a few days ago for a road construction work, we did not have the necessary tools and manpower to salvage the materials

here is another option, perhaps it could be the front.

Hello,

Here is an idea. I would remove the dead wood, rewire the lower left branch out, and cut where I have marked in black. Also a shorter pot in the future. Just an idea, hope this helps.

Abe

Hello Ka Pabling

Very interesing tree. This is for me only Indor-bonsai.
I think it's good to let the dead wood. It is a very significant element of the tree. The new composition, I obeyed it.
Gretings Pavel

HI Abe,
Thanks for your comment

Hi Pavel,
This tree needs full sun and it is hardwood so there is no problem keeping the deadwood.

Best wishes
ka pabling

Ka Pabling,,,This is only my opion,, If i were lucky enough to have this tree. i would lose the dead wood and put it in a regular pot..to keep some dead wood i would only do one third of it.over powering takes away from the tree... sorry only my opion...nice tree!! take care john

moyogijohn wrote:Ka Pabling,,,This is only my opion,, If i were lucky enough to have this tree. i would lose the dead wood and put it in a regular pot..to keep some dead wood i would only do one third of it.over powering takes away from the tree... sorry only my opion...nice tree!! take care john

Thanks for your opinion John, am trying to get as many before I make the final decision

Best wishes
ka pabling

beautiful material ka pabling

quite a challenging tree. how about tilting the other way? living part up, deadwood down for cascade. train long lower branches behind/under deadwood so foliage appears to come from deadwood. streamline deadwood. grow living part for apex and branches. create some long branches to fill negative space.

best wishes, sam

Ka Pabling

Ya gotta keep the deadwood, at least most of it! To those that say "cut it" they need to come to Maui and sit on the beach where all the Kiawes (acacia) grow right in the sand over the ocean. This looks like a beach tree you thought was dead yet there is new gree growth hanging out over the ocean. Sam is right!

Arno

I would definitely save a lot of the dead wood.

Good morning IBC,
Here is an update of this acacia, I did some cleaning and refining of the dead wood before I will cut it if ever I will decide to let it go.

Here are different angles of the tree;

Ka Pabling,
good morning for me picture no. 1 is most beautiful angle...
otherwise the 2 pictures are common angle of a tree
cheers.
aaapostol_8368

Since this is a very challenging tree to work on, if ever I am going to retain the dead wood, I might as well "raise the stakes" I am not sure if thats the term they use in poker games.

With picture no 3 I will tilt the tree to make a semi cascade style with the live part on top as Sam suggested and plant it on a rock!

I hope somebody can help me with the virtuals, am now calling for Dorothy,Cram, Rob and the rest.I have some large size limestone rocks which could be carved to fit your virts.

Best wishes
ka pabling

with a great plesure ...ka pabling
i like your first way to look at this hard tree
i don t know so much acacia
except that the virtual i made you is a little "special" for this spiecies
...as your tree

well...i think something very graphic like this could be good for this acacia
maybe i ve exagerated a little bit
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Keep the deadwood. All of it! The deadwood is the character of the tree. The foliage is the cosmetic.
Just an old man's opinion.

Mike

Nice virt Cram

mike page wrote:Keep the deadwood. All of it! The deadwood is the character of the tree. The foliage is the cosmetic.
Just an old man's opinion.

Mike

So much wisdom in an old mans opinion. Thanks Mike

Very nice virts Cram, thanks a lot, I wish I could do virts like that.

Best wishes
ka pabling

To me, fewer deadwood, life should prevail

Though there are veins that give it a rhythm, the dead wood part is on the overall, very circular, very geometric.

Maybe the live part (2/3) could echo this structure like a living shadow...

Very interesting design Alain .both live part and deadwood are in harmony.

Best wishes
ka pabling

Ka pabling,

In Puerto Rico, we have Aroma (Acasia farnesiana/ which we also call aroma) and Baya Honda (Prosopis juliflora). Due to the size and type of foliage of your tree, I often think this is, in fact, Prosopis juliflora. Can you post a picture of the flower stamens?

On another note, Prosopis juliflora coal is often used to roast lechón, as it possesses an unusual amount of the flavonoid/mesquitol in its heartwood.

Your friend,

Jose Luis

jrodriguez wrote:..
In Puerto Rico, we have .. Honda..

We do too..

-dorothy

Hi Jose,

This tree is definitely not a baya honda. I just saw the picture of prosopis juliflora, the leaves are larger. aroma leave are smaller and and have needle sharp thorns almost 2 inches long.

Hi Dorothy,
What do you have, the baya honda, or the acacia farnesiana. I am not sure if baya honda could be made a bonsai.

Best regards
ka pabling

Ka Pabling wrote:

Hi Jose,

This tree is definitely not a baya honda. I just saw the picture of prosopis juliflora, the leaves are larger. aroma leave are smaller and and have needle sharp thorns almost 2 inches long.

Hi Dorothy,
What do you have, the baya honda, or the acacia farnesiana. I am not sure if baya honda could be made a bonsai.

Best regards
ka pabling

Pabling,

Baya honda has small leaves, like the acasia farnesiana. Also, it has mean thorns, like the Acasia farnesiana. The reason i ask for a picture of the flowers, is that they differ a lot. Aroma has a small yellow ball as a flower. Baya honda has an elongated flower stamen. It kind of looks lika a banana.

Baya honda can be made into a bonsai, particularly with those collected along the shore.

Your friend,

Jose Luis

dorothy7774 wrote:

jrodriguez wrote:..
In Puerto Rico, we have .. Honda..

We do too..

-dorothy

I think Dorothy was making fun of the name, comparing it to the Japanese car. Honda means deep in spanish.

Hi Jose,

Thats what I saw, the flowers of baya honda are elongated while that of aroma, are small yellow balls.
Do you have aromas in your garden?

ka pabling