I am in Florida and I have a thousand live oaks all around me. I love the tree and the form it gets in nature, I am a carpenter and that adds to my love for trees.
I have a few Live Oaks that have been topped by the electricity maintenance guys and one has quite a good looking trunk and branches...however the trunk is as large as a mans forearm and the three branches the size of a womans wrist..they are equal in their angles away from the trunk and look as if it were a 35 foot tall tree. They got cut off 8-10 inches above the trunk leaving no leaves or canopy.I can see a huge bonsai in the last 18" if I amagine a conopy on top.
Do you all think I could air layer this portion and start it as bonsai? it is quite thick...and like I said no leaves. It has great form as nature grew it, just that people whacked it off!
Thanks for your time
Chadwick