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bald cypress
A Portrait Of What We Work Toward
Riverflat Hawthorn #1 Trunk base 3.25" Height 30" Collected in Winter 2012, this tree is now seven years in training. In that time, I've been able to build the tree's structure from a collected bare trunk, create the necessary tapering transition in the apex to...
Huckleberry #5
Vaccinium species Collect date: 12/23/17 Trunk base: 3.5" across Height to top chop: 18" Finished height (est.): 22" Estimated age: 35-50 years Years in training: 0 Video #1 This Huckleberry was collected in December of 2017, and allowed to grow...
Bald Cypress #68
Taxodium distichum Collect date: 1/20/18 Trunk base: 5" (5" above the soil) Height to chop: 26" Final height (est.): 36" Estimated age: 50-65 years Years in training: 1 Estimated release date: 4/15/22 Bald cypress #68 Video #1
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riverflat hawthorn
Winter Collecting Season Nearing An End – Spring’s Coming Early
I've felt for some time now that spring would be coming early this year. Turns out I was right. I had bald cypresses budding a couple of weeks ago, which isn't surprising for trees "remembering" where they came from south of here, but yesterday I noticed that most...
An Unexpected Find
From the beginning of my bonsai journey almost three decades ago I've wanted a parsley hawthorn, Crataegus marshallii. Though I've collected my fair share of hawthorns, I've never found a parsley haw. Today that all changed. I was out collecting with a friend, and...
Hawthorn Winter Silhouettes
Winter is the time to do light pruning on your deciduous trees and, for those needing it, wiring. Today I worked on a couple of hawthorns, a Mayhaw and a riverflat hawthorn. This is the Mayhaw, Crataegus aestivalus, that I've been developing for the past five years. ...
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willow oak
Artistry Or Death (The Tree’s, Not Mine, But I Hope We Both Make It)
Earlier this year I decided to make a forest planting of water oaks. It was a noble idea. I had some material and I had the pot, so why not? Here's what I had after some digging, positioning and filling the pot with soil. Not too bad. I know what you're probably...
Oaks In Summer
When I tell fellow bonsai enthusiasts that I've had good success collecting oaks in summer, they're always surprised. And why not? We know that most species prefer to be collected during dormancy, meaning winter. I've written before about my own discovery in regard...
Another Cypress Gets Defoliated
We started following the tale of this Bald cypress, Taxodium distichum, in early 2015. This is a big cypress with the classic fluting, in this case fluting that runs high on the trunk. These trees really make a statement! ...
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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.