Good Day to All,

Hmmm,I hope I can state this clearly.

In my search for species of tree or shrub that
could densify through well placed branchlet or
leaf and at the same time look like a miniature
tree[if a big tree were hit with a shrinking ray
and I am not touching on the more complex ideas
of sculpture or philosophy in Bonsai/Penjing.]

I noted that often apart from the outline of a tree
the exterior mass also has dips [valleys]and
mounds[hills],so there is movement in the leafy
green canopy.Seen easily in a mature mango tree.

So if you wanted to go past the 1,2,3 of branch
placement and cloud like foliage pads or domes,
the above would be the next step.

This is where the bushy appearance comes in.
Only a bushy bonsai can do this,but it requires
more pruning and awareness of design to do this.
Just a raw idea I trying to pass on.
Apologies if I have once again confused the group.
Khaimraj
West Indies[Caribbean]

* I would estimate your viewing a 30 to 50'[say
10 to 16 m]tree from about 100'[34m] away or
enough to see from where the trunk hits the soil
to the top of the tree in one look.

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