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Creating a clump-

style maple

The clump style is a showy variation
on the multi-trunk theme—typically
five or seven trunks grow from

one collective root base.

Choosing your material Branching is
Clump styles are usually deciduous— not important
at this early
maples, hornbeams, elms, and zelkovas Height is easy to stage
are among the best. You want the trees alter by pruning,
and will also
to fuse into one nebari, which ensures introduce taper
identical genetic traits. Look for flexible
young whips grown from cuttings
taken from the same parent tree.

∙Think of a family when planning your Trunks of similar
bonsai: a father and mother tree with thickness are
important, but for
three or five children reducing in size. the central tree
∙Look for straight, thick parent trunks choose one that
is slightly larger
and subtle movement in the others.

The project aim
Subtle, natural
trunk movement
is very desirable;
avoid anything
too dramatic