Liam,

If you go to our gallery and look for a post from Tony Tickle, you'll find
a wall, and tree, like you describe. Tony's is very convincing.
Go he

http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ag...nsaiclub_ibcga
llery&key=1065280560&first=1065810187&last=1065039 993

Regards,
Shelly Hurd Central CA - Sunset Zone 8-USDA Zone 9


"Liam" wrote:

If you have ever been to the English countryside, you will know that the
old farmland walls are made of large, rough stones, with gaps in the wall
(so instead of blowing the wall down, wind passes through it - that's why
these walls last so long).

I thought one day recently that if I grew an English tree, for instance a
Quercus Robur, or other tree which appears very aged after a short period
of time and potted it, then used small slate pebbles to build a miniature
wall, I would achieve a nice effect. The wall would run up, over the soil
and when it got to the tree, it would be partially knocked over - loose
stones, as if the tree had been blown into the wall in a storm, and
knocked part of it down. The tree would be rugged and look quite
windswept - you find this quite a bit when trees grow on the moors. I
don't have any trees that would be old enough for this (and I don't yet
have any oaks), but I think it would make a non-traditional, yet appealing
bonsai. Is this too much of a modern approach, or would this tree be a
convincing bonsai?

Thanks for any feedback.

Liam