Fantastic bonsai

Casuarina equisetifolia 

Well, as Marcus and Craig's suggestion to plant on rock, that seem to be the only way out..and that's what I did here...

I had a massive rock....



Fortunately, the size, the shape and the curves just fit perfectly to the tree...



Here it started...



The rock's curves just perfectly fitted the flow of the trunk, the upper part deadwood perfectly hooked to the rock and the roots just about to reach the soil surface...



Now I trimmed the foliage so it was not so densed and heavy...



OK..then I tilted a little bit to the right to get better visual balance...



Then, the last thing to do was to wrap the lower part and filled with soil to let the roots growing down; then gradually take out the soil, exposing the roots...



and this is my simulated future....
The main problem is solved.The invert-tapering is no more an issue, in the contrary, this becomes a point of interest..and a unique design.
The figurines are just to enhance the thematic messsage and play another composition role.



Hope you enjoy it...

Robert Steven

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