grouper52
Masterpiece
A fun and simple and rewarding project. A nursery near here is run by a woman who grows her own trees at her home, which is off site. When they get trunks about 3-4" she brings them in to sell. She sells Cryptomeriae and Chamys and several other types of conifers like this, and she isn't so anal that she brushes off the back budding that often occurs down low, giving me a number of traesures I've found here in the past three years.
Two years ago I found this 8' tall monster, selling pretty cheap. (First photo) On several other ones like this I had partially sawed and then ripped down the trunk at about 2-3', creating a nicely jinned top, and I did that to this guy as well. The past two years have been devoted to refinement of the image, and here's where it's at now. I think there is still a bit too much foliage near the top, so that may be thinned out more, and it will go into a round pot this next season.
Enjoy
Two years ago I found this 8' tall monster, selling pretty cheap. (First photo) On several other ones like this I had partially sawed and then ripped down the trunk at about 2-3', creating a nicely jinned top, and I did that to this guy as well. The past two years have been devoted to refinement of the image, and here's where it's at now. I think there is still a bit too much foliage near the top, so that may be thinned out more, and it will go into a round pot this next season.
Enjoy