bald cypress collecting trip #4 for 2021
Sneak Peek
Our goal this week was to collect some additional smaller cypresses. We had some good luck.
Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #4 for 2021
We went after some additional smaller specimens today, and we had great success. This one has a 3.5″ trunk and is chopped at 25″. Very nice start on an informal upright BC bonsai.
This one has a 2.5″ trunk and is chopped at 21.5″. We came home with three this exact same size.
Although this tree doesn’t fit the “smaller material” category – the base is 4.5″ – I couldn’t leave it behind. I chopped it at 22″, so it’s a chunkier speciment than most this size. Nice fluting.
Finally for today, this was my favorite. I sometimes find two trees growing together and they look like they want to be a bonsai together. I love the ratio of trunk sizes here. The larger one has a 3″ base and is chopped at 26″.
My plan, at least for now, is to hang onto this one to train. I think it’s going to make an outstanding bonsai in just a few years.
Let me know what you think. The BC we’ve collected this year could very well start budding in February, if we get a warm snap. Personally, I can’t wait for some warmer weather.
Those are beautiful, Zach
Thank you, Patricia!
Nice haul, Zach. The will be great by year’s end. pk
Thank you, Pierre!
As usual great looking material
Thank you, Clem!