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Bald Cypress Work – 2016 – Part 3
We've been following the development of this bald cypress, Taxodium distichum, since last year when I first collected and direct-potted it. BC grow so quickly that it's very easy to develop them completely in a bonsai pot, provided of course you begin with a suitable...
Water-Elm ‘Root Around Cypress Knee’ Repotting
I posted this fall shot of my 'Root Around Cypress Knee' Water-elm, Planera aquatica. The tree had been in its pot for a couple of years. Because I had not been able to give it a lot of room during the first potting, I didn't want to wait another year to cut back...
Collecting Season Goes Out With A BC Bang
Today officially closed the Winter 2016 collecting season. I needed a few more bald cypresses - it looks like being a banner year for interest in the species - and this time of year is right at the end of viability for collecting them. In fact, most of the ones I...
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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.