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bald cypress
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...
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huckleberry
Bald Cypress Progression
Zach's Personal Collection bald cypress Progression Carousel Bald Cypress INSTRUCTIONS: The image has an arrow on both the right and left side. Click the arrow on the right ( > ) to go forward and see the next image(s) in the progression. Click the arrow on...
Harvesting A Hefty Huckleberry
It's Huckleberry collecting time, and today I harvested a hefty one. Here it is, right out of the ground with the roots washed off. The trunk base is 2.5" above the root crown. This is about the trunk size limit for the species, as near as I can tell. I'd...
An Early Start On Collecting Season
I planted out some Parsley hawthorn whips a few years ago. True to the old adage, "first year sleeps, second year creeps, third year leaps," this year I've noticed a number of the specimens have put on some heft. A few have reached my minimum for lifting,...
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riverflat hawthorn
Fall Color, Pseudo Fall Color, And An Early Hard Freeze
My venerable old Crape myrtle bonsai was challenged this year. After I repotted it in spring, it started to bud out just in time for a good freeze. I mistakenly thought that, since Crapes are quite winter-hardy, the new buds would be likewise. Well, they froze...
Huckleberry #5 – Summer Work
You've been following the development of this Huckleberry bonsai-to-be for the past year or so. This is where the specimen stood just over one year ago, in July of 2018. And here it is in February of this year. I had done some carving on the trunk chops in...
Bonsai Odds & Ends – Hawthorn, Water-Elm, Trumpet Vine
Today I did a one on one workshop with a new bonsai enthusiast. One of the specimens we were worked on was a three-tree Parsley hawthorn composition, very similar to this one. I love bonsai forests. The three-tree planting is the smallest expression of this...
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willow oak
Oaks Bud Late – Worth The Wait
This is a Water oak, Quercus nigra, that I lifted last year. It budded a bit high, but I decided to accept the challenge of making a nice bonsai from it. I love working with oaks, and you'll see more of them in the coming weeks including several for sale. This...
Huckleberry #5 Potted
Here's where we left off with Huckleberry #5. With the fall trimming and carving done, I set it back on the bench and got busy with other chores. Flower buds on my Huckleberries are swelling, and a few are already opening. With the mild winter, I expect these...
Bald Cypress Progression
Zach's Personal Collection bald cypress Progression Carousel Bald Cypress INSTRUCTIONS: The image has an arrow on both the right and left side. Click the arrow on the right ( > ) to go forward and see the next image(s) in the progression. Click the arrow on...
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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.