Dwarf Umbrella Tree Recovering

Here is the tree as of 25/07/11

As you can see I have let it go a little wild. It has had a hard time since that first picture. First it was infected by aphids and just as it was recovering from that my 8 week old Ragdoll Kittens had a few bites of it.

Anyway my plan is to let it grow freely to put a little bit of size on the trunk and get healthy again. Then come midsummer I will go about drastically shortening it. From what I have read you can take these things back to a bare trunk and they will recover fine.
Wish me luck

Dwarf Umbrella Tree 2010

I'm not sure if this one really counts as bonsai but anyway...
It was purchased from a nursery on the South Coast of Australia in 2010. It is a Dwarf Umbrella Tree or Schefflera Arboricola according to its tag.

Sorry about the poor quality of the photo and the shocking angle it is taken from. What is not really clear from the picture is that this is actually attached to the side of a rock with roots trailing down into little pebbles which are then covered with water.