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bald cypress
It’s Go Time – Trees Are Waking Up
I first noticed it last weekend. Bald cypress is one of the first species to start pushing buds in spring or, technically, late winter - all it takes is some unseasonably warm weather. Well, that's just what we've been getting, with temperatures reaching...
BC Collecting Trip #3
Today was our third BC collecting trip of the season. It could well be the last - many BC are budding out now, including some we collected in early January. I have successfully collected Cypress after budding, but the longer you wait the riskier it gets. So...
2019 BC Collecting Trip #2
We had another good Bald cypress collecting trip today. Here's the take, waiting for cleanup.Here's a nice buttressed specimen that's not too big. I specifically searched today for nice material in the mid-size range. The trunk on this one is 4" across about...
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riverflat hawthorn
Working On A Few Bonsai
With spring growth soon to give way to summer growth or doldrums, depending on the species, today it was time to work on a few trees. The first was this Chinese privet, Ligustrum sinense, that I collected this past winter. It got an initial styling last month, and...
Hawthorn Thread-Graft Success
Last month I showed you the result of a six-year project to establish an acceptable design for this large Mayhaw, Crataegus aestivalus. After collecting the specimen, which measures 4" at the base and was originally chopped at 24", trunk budding failed to produce a...
Spring Bonsai Fun – Part 2
I collected this Mayhaw, Crataegus aestivalus, on January 2nd of this year. It had some nice roots so I direct-potted it into this beautiful Chuck Iker round. Then waited. Hawthorns almost never disappoint, so when it got just warm enough for new material to begin...
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willow oak
A Shohin Willow Oak-To-Be – You Can’t Stop The Bonsai Collector
So you've already seen the wintry cover that blew in yesterday for me. Our high today looks like being about 38F, and this means a lot of things remain and will remain frozen at least until tomorrow. Does that stop the bonsai collector? Bah! So here's a Willow oak,...
A Quick Water Oak Bonsai-To-Be – Lift, Chop, Pot
It was so much fun making a quick Hackberry bonsai last weekend that I did the same thing with a Water oak, Quercus nigra. This tree is a volunteer that has been growing on my property for several years now. I liked the form it took naturally. If you look closely...
Thank You For A Great 2016 – This Year Will Be Even Better
Happy New Year to all of you! And many thanks to all of you who helped Bonsai South grow in 2016. We've been doing better each and every year since I relaunched the business in 2010, and I'm happy to report that 2017 looks like it will be another record-setting year....
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Hi Zach,
When is the next availability of Bald Cypress. I live in Michigan.
I would like to get one booked.
I am retired from the bonsai business, Aby. Sorry.
Is bald cypress Cypressbonsai20 available for sale?
so this is the 1st time in a while I’ve been to the site just showing it off and im super impressed.
Thank you, Josh!
Zach, I see you train bonsai BC in flat top style but am not sure what to picture. Is it supposed to mimic a tree that lost its conical top from wind damage or lightning? Does it look like a bald head with hair/branches growing out from the sides only? Do you have finished ones like this to show as an example?
Thanks, Danny
Danny, the so-called flat-top Bald cypress is simply an older tree that has lost most of its lower branches as it’s grown taller and older, and having reached its genetically limited height the growth in the crown spreads laterally. Check out this post to get an idea of one in training.