Bonsai palm tree

Bonsai palm tree

I was just browsing the web for information on bonsai palm tree's and I found a site that has actually accomplished doing so. www.fukubonsai.com grew a Phoenix Roebilini and trained it as a bonsai specimen and it looks mighty impressive. i was curious if ANYONE has heard of such a practice with palm tree's or has attempted it. The link is: http://www.fukubonsai.com/3a3f.html
if anyone wanted to check this impressive piece of art work out. Any info would be great on this topic!

The following thread was started by R. Wagoner longview on September 26, 2003 at 1:46 pm PST

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bonsai palms

Hello R. Wagoner
I have been growing t.fortunei as bosai for about 15 years. I started with seedlings about 3 years old and put 3
of them in a 12" by 14" shallow bonsai pot. I did light root pruning every 2 years and keep no more than 5 fronds
on each trunk. Although they are not together anymore they are all doing fine and have some interesting growth
habits. 2 of the palms have decided to grow a trunk that is horizontal with the heart and fronds curling up to virtical.
I think this is due to the roots on one side of the trunk being stronger and slowly pushing the trunk over. I have tried doing
a better job wiring them in to the pot and also deeper pots. Nothing I've done has helped. The other one is growing upright
and has 3-4 inches of trunk plus the heart and fronds. the trunk is 2 inches in diameter,and the fronds range from 8" to 12"
in diameter. When I remove a frond I peel it off of the trunk so that the trunk is bare. This help to bring things into proportion.
T.fortunei is easy and does well as a bonsai. Give it a try.

Dan
North delta

The above followup was added by Dan on September 27, 2003 at 11:20 am PST.

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