I'll wait till spring and take some more substantial layers from local trees, but am still interested in purchasing material with some size to it. Searching the web I am finding similar type offerings. I'm really new at this, but to an outsider it felt like I was being directed to the $350 specimens which had a little more work done on them but were larger. Root ball was small and not in one plane.
Repotting, it looked like an air layer to me, although it was sold as "6-8 years old". a really cheap tree that is considerably larger and needs to be dug out of its pot. Obviously the nebari will not be the same (not all the nebari at this top rate bonsai shop was up to snuff yet either on these young ones anyway), but if one needs to spend a good deal of time growing out the pencil, why not take advantage of having a larger specimen and work on the nebari from there? The purchasing options seem to be an expensive air layer with a modicum of nebari vs. Why spend $50+ for a pencil when you can get a 2 inch trunk for less? The bonsai tray they throw in makes the experience a little more fun but does little for the progression of the bonsai. For a little guy he has nice nebari, but there was some sticker shock especially compared to what you get at a nursery or the stuff one can purchase at a big box store. Took a trip to a local bonsai shop and purchased a small maple - like pencil thin trunk small and maybe 12" tall. Here's another newbie question about bonsai material.
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