Specialty Gardening: Rosemary bonsai?, 1 by granitegneiss

granitegneiss wrote:
I have spring fever, big time, and was looking at my rosemary, which I've had for 10 years or more, and bring into the sunroom every winter since they are not hardy here. It was blooming so I took a picture of the flowers with my new camera, then I got to admiring the bark....and tried to think of how this could be made more bonsai-like. Ditch the huge pot, sure, but what I'm really wondering is how it might respond to careful pruning. It doesn't seem to grow anything on the old wood. I thin out the exuberant growth every fall when I bring it inside, not paying much attention to aesthetics, and it always looks kind of silly afterward. What can you do with this plant to avoid the poodle haircut look? I see some great looking rosemary bonsai when I google it, but I imagine they were pruned from a young age. Anyone know what would work with this one?