Bald Cypress Styling – Formal And Informal Upright
bald cypress styling - formal and informal uprightSneak PeekIt doesn't matter if your Bald cypress bonsai is going to be a formal upright or an informal upright, certain "rules" apply to the design.Bald Cypress Styling - Formal and Informal Upright I first showed you...
Flat-top Bald Cypress Bonsai – Starting A New Specimen
flat-top bald cypress - how to get startedSneak PeekThe flat-top Bald cypress bonsai is the fastest to create from scratch. That's because you get to take advantage of the tree's apical dominance.Flat-top Bald Cypress - How to Get StartedI'm convinced that there are...
Formal Upright Bald Cypress – Development 101
formal upright bald cypress - development 101Sneak PeekTo begin with the beginning of a formal upright BC (or most every style), you must do one thing....Formal Upright Bald Cypress - Development 101I have found that the collected formal upright Bald cypress is much...
Big Bald Cypress Gets A Home
big bald cypress gets a homeSneak PeekI've been working on this big Bald cypress since 2015. I've been anxiously waiting for the day when it got a home suited to it. Today it happened.Big Bald Cypress Gets a HomeYou've seen this big Bald cypress on a number of...
Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #5 For 2021
bald cypress collecting trip #5 for 2021Sneak PeekTrees are starting to bud already south of us, so this is probably our last BC collecting trip for 2021.Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #5 for 2021The willows are coming out now, down south of us, and the swamp maples are...
Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #4 For 2021
bald cypress collecting trip #4 for 2021Sneak PeekOur goal this week was to collect some additional smaller cypresses. We had some good luck.Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #4 for 2021We went after some additional smaller specimens today, and we had great success. This...
Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #3 For 2021
bald cypress collecting trip #3 for 2021 Sneak PeekThis week's catch featured a couple of big ones, though they weren't quite as large as last week's big ones; plus we got some smaller material as well. Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #3 for 2021 Here's another one of...
Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #2 For 2021
bald cypress collecting trip #2 for 2021Sneak PeekThis week we went for larger specimens.Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #2 for 2021This is the sort of tree I'm not supposed to be collecting anymore. But doggone, it was just something I couldn't pass up! Isn't the...
Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #1 For 2021
bald cypress collecting trip #1 for 2021Sneak PeekHappy New Year! Time to go collect some new BC's.Bald Cypress Collecting Trip #1 for 2021I don't like this time of year at all, but then again it's the best time to collect Bald cypress. The weather was cool, the...
Bonsai Odds & Ends – Big BC And Rip Van Winkle Color Up
big bc and rip van winkle color upSneak PeekFall is supposed to mean fall color, but this is not necessarily the case here in the Deep South. With that said, I'm really proud of these two specimens. Big BC and Rip Van Winkle Color Up Down here in the Deep South...