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I have been collecting Pears for the last few years. They need more time to develop but I really like this species. You have the very rough and gnarly bark that I love and similar to Ume. For some reason I have not photographed them much but here is a picture I found of one of mine collected...

Sergio I just want to say thank you for sharing your work with us! Your work, eye, and photography are such a treat to view. I am drawn to stone plantings and this one is extra special. Cheers!

Wow thanks so much, that means alot as there were many great trees of course.

A few more Larch that I have collected and worked on.

First off congrats. This is bad ass. Love the pot and love the design. In my opinion I think Ryan nailed it with the design. Its more dynamic and dramatic, but these things are a matter of personal taste. Currently its super cool.

Thanks man! It was such an honor to take part in the National.

Im always really excited for the Grand Rapids, Mi show, which is much better than you might expect for a regional show. The ABS will amp next year's show up even more, I for one am very excited. Also, it looks like I will most likely be doing a White Cedar Workshop with collected material.

Yes it works on Larch. It can also work on very old collected Larch. You are exactly right about my process.

Some great insight from Peter! Thanks for sharing this!

A really unique Eastern White Cedar. Collected something like 5-6 years ago. Sam Miller pot. Pick up in person price : $1000. Shipped price : $1500

Great tree and will only get better!

I collect most of my Larch in September actually, in Northern Michigan. I do use some bottom heat (just a simple de-icing cable). Around November 1st I mulch them in behind a few big cages that I have built. It works really well.

Unfortunetly this tree died. It did not survive collection. Surprisingly, out of 16 collected Larch last year, this was the sole casualty, and it is worth noting it was the only one collected in the spring. I still believe that spring is a good time to collect Larch but it has me wondering.

I think I had a mental block to styling something as a cascade. Luckily, I found this tree to open my mind about the concept. I think I had to find a true cascade to try it. The National show had a few cascades that really inspired me. Does anyone have any specific care or health tips...

Thanks Ryan, I can’t wait to try again.

I have not read through this entire thread but my quick 2 cents: - The National was so fun and both times I have gone I have gotten a nice boost of inspiration -I agree that I would rather see alot of bonsai artists in the show and not alot of bonsai collectors, although I can appreciate both...

Wow! Thank you all for such great words and thoughts on this. I was honestly suprised to not hear a bit more negative criticism (which would be fine, by the way) It was overall an incredible experience and so fun working with Danny and hanging out.

I forgot to mention @Hartinez was the creator of this bad ass stand!

Technically not allowed to take photos but you can take photos of your own trees so here are my two trees.

Planted a collected fern on the stone for now.

Thanks, the cascade in Michigan is really rare find. I was lucky to get permission on a pretty huge area and this was growing out of a really big boulder near the water. I was looking mostly for Larch on this trip but there was no way I was going to pass up this bad boy. :)

I think I might!

I agree . If you go looking for a specific thing you will miss a lot. Saying that I’ve never looked much for small stuff so it was fun and so nice not to have such a workout.

I’ve always thought that collecting potential shohin was much harder than finding good larger trees. On my last trip I decided to focus on smaller trees and a few Larch and Spruce are attached. I have focused so much on larger I’m curious what you shohin experts think of the potential of...

I updated this listing with much better photos. Initially the photos didn’t do the tree justice. It’s ready for branch development. https://www.ebay.com/itm/334975739383?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Vg-1IvcmSGG&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=Vg-1IvcmSGG&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY