Anyone Kniw This Tree?

[Tidal Bonsai]

Anyone know this tree and if it's good for bonsai. The needles look like a yew, but they are dramatically smaller (see comparison pic). They also only grow on either side, not 360 and have small cones on them.

 

[barrosinc]

Redwood maybe?

 

[just.wing.it]

I think that's an Eastern Hemlock!
Cool!
Definitely looks like yew, but shorter needles, and like you said, flat foliage, no whorls....and the little cones....

 

[Bonsai Nut]

I think that's an Eastern Hemlock!

+1 Eastern Hemlock!

 

[Vin]

A Redwood of some type. Possibly a Coast Redwood.

Edit: Yes, I see the similarities of the cone with a Hemlock. Put me down for a Hemlock as well.

 

[M. Frary]

Phone pole foemina.

 

[Lynn E]

Tsuga Canadensis--smooth[ for decades ] grey/brown bark, not much taper to branches, hemlock woolly adelgid love them, easy to ground-layer, will back-bud.
Not a fave of mine.

 

[just.wing.it]

Tsuga Canadensis--smooth[ for decades ] grey/brown bark, not much taper to branches, hemlock woolly adelgid love them, easy to ground-layer, will back-bud.
Not a fave of mine.

I have to agree, there is one between my house and the neighbor's house, and in the 6 years that I've lived here, it looks exactly the same....super slow grower, it seems.
I think it'd be nice to find an old gnarled up yamadori hemlock, but most that I see are like @M. Frary said, phone poles, not too interesting.

 

[Tidal Bonsai]

Do you think it's worth asking my neighbor if I can layer off a branch, or is it not worth the effort. It has killer small foliage, could be a cool Shohin?

 

[just.wing.it]

If it's worth it to you, I say it's worth it...
It will be a good exercise in air layering, at least.

 

[Tidal Bonsai]

My only reservation is that the trunk and primary branches seem to fatten up, but the secondary are all twigs.

 

[twisted trees]

Do what everyone does, take spurious tree and practice on it for years. Spend $100 on wire, $75 On pots, $30 on soil and so on so you can have a well trained mediocre tree. Canadian hemlock are a difficult species.

 

[Tidal Bonsai]

Do what everyone does, take spurious tree and practice on it for years. Spend $100 on wire, $75 On pots, $30 on soil and so on so you can have a well trained mediocre tree. Canadian hemlock are a difficult species.

True

 

[Bavarian Raven]

If u can get one, mountain hemlocks (tsuga mertensianna) make much nicer bonsai imho. but they're pricy to buy and store bought ones usually aren't very good for bonsai. Yamadori or home grown ones on the other hand...

 

[Potawatomi13]

Hemlock.