It went to a good friend of mine when I moved north last year. Definitely a good native species to work with if you can find a trunk worth working with.@JudyB your hackberry is very lovely! I see @Dav4 has a pretty sweet one too!
https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/southern-hackberry-project.26898/
The one I have permission to dig looks like it could be the beginning of of one like yours.It went to a good friend of mine when I moved north last year. Definitely a good native species to work with if you can find a trunk worth working with.
Hackberry make excellent bonsai. I have had several--all Southern Hackberry (Celtis laevegata). They are weeds. You cannot hurt them. I can't imagine trying to air layer one. THere's no reason to. Just dig the thing up, or rather saw it out of the ground. Simply move six inches out from the trunk, find the major roots, saw through them pull the tree up, hose off the field soil and plant in a training container (smaller the better) with good bonsai soil. INsure the nebari remains buried under two or three inches of soil to prevent die back.How does hackberry do for bonsai? I ran across this one in a friends landscape. I’m going to have to ground layer this one. Any one know if these guys root good?