here come the flat tops....

[jason biggs]

south african acacia 101.All of these are acacia sieberiana [paper bark].This species is not suitable for bonsai as the growth pattern is very irregular,however this is the desired shape of most african acacia bonsai.Species suitable for bonsai are:galpinii[monkey thorn],burkei [black monkey thorn,robusta ,nigrescens [knob thorn] + erubescens [blue thorn] imho... these trees are easy to grow but 99% of the time cannot be collected from the wild... If you hack the roots of an older tree it WILL die

 

[jason biggs]

some more-also all paperbark [sieberiana].all our species have thorns unlike Australia etc... The dead tree in the first picture shows the basic branch structure,there is not much refinement on the branches.....

 

[jason biggs]

and lastly some of my children-well almost......the wire tree i bought on the side of the road + shows the skill that some of our poorer black people have....i think that artist could be a pretty good bonsai man someday....

 

[Gene Deci]

Thanks for sharing. I like seeing what people can do with native species and you have done some very nice work.

 

[Bill S]

The finished one looked pretty cool.