Why
are 99.9% of all big demonstration in bonsai done with conifers? Well,
it is probably because you so easily can make a fool of yourself
showingf a demo with broadleaved trees. They 99% of the time look much
worse than before. Only a few years after the demo they look OK. But the
general public judges you by what you have left right there. and this
looks very bad. Who wants to look very bad? I have not much to loose and
think it's abut time to tr to make a fool of myself. Therefore I chose
to work with this oriental hornbeam, Carpinus orientalis on Saturday at
the Polish castle (which used to be a German castle - but that's a long
story). This tree was collected in Croatia in 2010. It is very well
established and look kind of frightening, doesn't it? We will see how
Thomas and I tame this beast. I will report.