Bald Cypress Collecting
Today was a bald cypress collecting day. The weather was perfect, ice on the windshield when I left but warming to near 60 degrees by the time the field work was done. There's nothing like collecting trees and not working up a sweat (or getting soaked or freezing)....
Bald Cypress Pre-Bonsai Repot
I collected this bald cypress in February of 2014. When collecting cypress, there's one indispensable feature of any specimen being considered: a good flared base with buttressing roots. Leaving aside any other necessary features of your tree and the one other...
Developing a Bald Cypress Bonsai – Year 1
I collected this bald cypress, Taxodium distichum, in February of 2014. This specimen and the others I collected at the same time had already budded out for spring, but I figured they’d come back fine and almost all of them did; survival rates tend to be right at 80%...
Bald Cypress Bonsai
bald cypress King of American Bonsai Bald cypress is the King of American Bonsai. Everyone should have at least one bald cypress bonsai in their collection. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned pro, bald cypress has all the features you could want in a species...
Best Bonsai Trees for Beginners – Bald Cypress
One of the best bonsai trees for beginners is the Bald Cypress, or Taxodium distichum. A member of the Redwood family, Taxodiaceae, it is a primary tree species and can reach heights of 100-120’ with a trunk diameter typically between 3-5’. Larger and older specimens...
Best Bonsai Trees for Beginners – Deciduous Species
There’s nothing as exciting as getting bitten by the bonsai bug. You see a photo of a masterpiece bonsai, or better still you go to an exhibition and see wonderful specimens in person. You’re amazed that a fully mature tree which should be 100’ tall is only 2’ tall,...