As I’ve already mentioned, I have a lot of ficus. They do
well in Southern California and I have a hard time throwing cuttings
away. This one was originally a cutting from another tree described in the
post at
https://beginbonsai.net/2019/01/11/tiger-bark-ficus-ficus-microcarpa/.
The tree today.
Initial attachment of the tree to its rock with raffia. After removal as a
cutting from its parent it was grown for a year or two on its own in bonsai soil before this picture was taken.
The tree after a month.
The tree after branch-pruning a year later.
After a second summer of growth.
Good root growth the following spring.
Root-pruned and repotted.
View from the back of the tree after light branch-pruning.
The tree with wire.
Summer growth.
Removed from pot.
Preparing to repot into a shallower pot.
On the bonsai benches in fall.
Branch and trunk-pruned in winter.
Spring.
More branch pruning later that spring.
Sharing a bench with a gumbo-limbo. For a progression of the latter
tree see
https://beginbonsai.net/2019/09/02/gumbo-limbo-bursera-simaruba/.
Wired.
New growth in fall.
December pruning.
A bit straggly at the end of winter.
Mid-spring.
The tree earlier this month before the trunk was shortened.
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