Multiple trunk

Multiple trunks There are styles that incorporate two or more plants in one pot; these include.

Multiple Trunk Forms A multi-trunked bonsai should have three or more odd-numbered trunks growing from the same root base. All the trunks should vary in height and accordingly girth.

o In multiple trunk style the length is 2/3 of the height of the tallest tree however you may wish to use a longer pot to create space. o In group plantings also use the 2/3 rule. * Pot depth: o For most styles the pot depth matches the trunk size.

It is a deciduous tree growing to 25 m (rarely to 30 m) high with a trunk up to 50 cm (rarely 150 cm) diameter, often with multiple trunks.

- tree with a rounded habit and generally prone to multiple trunks. Tolerates both wet soil and shade, but does not like to be transplanted. Nice orange and yellow autumn show. Hardy in zones 3-8.

Normally Yews grow upright or in a spreading low form, and they may have single or multiple trunks. In a Japanese park I discovered a Yew that had a trunk diameter of four or five feet! ...

Several severe reduction-building sequences produced stout, heavy trunks (or multiple trunks, a lot of healthy growth, and strong low branching. Each plant has a lot of character and can be trained in many ways.

raft style - a bonsai style in which multiple trunks grow in a line from a connected base. ramification - the development of a twigging structure by a series of divisions of branches into twigs and twiglets ...

SILVER MAPLE. Maples are naturally prone to multiple trunks to begin with but they are especially nice when they are trained properly. Harley Stewart from zone 2, Canberra, Australia, says : Beginner at bonsai.

By drilling several holes relatively close together, seedlings or cuttings can be encouraged to fuse together and form a multiple trunk with broad and even rootage. Using species that rapidly develop good basal flare (such as Trident maple) will help.

Literati/abstract (many trees, especially junipers and pines); Multiple trunks or multiple tree planting (especially ficus, ginkgo, elm, liquidamber, heavenly bamboo, maple, olive); ...

Multiple trunk cuts will also make nice soft, or sometimes radical bends in the trunk. This process is repeated, adding a few inches of trunk each time. Some taper will result from this, but not a lot.

(Figure G) Also note that with multiple trunk styles, individual trees may be cut apart from the main trunk and trained separately.

See also: Trunk, Bonsai, Species, Tree, Growing