Bald Cypress Seedlings

[Mellow Mullet]

If you took a peak at my other posts from tonight, you will see that there is kinda a theme - adding movement to seedlings, not by design, quite by accident. I collected seeds from a bald cypress at Calloway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia. The tree's limbs were naturally drooping so I was hoping to get some seedlings with the same characteristics, time will tell. I have several BCs already in my collection, all upright with mostly straight trunks. Not wanting to have more of the same I decided to twist them up and see what I could create.

Before, two year seedlings



Wired up





Twisted





I know, I am a heretic, but wait until you see what I come up with before you judge, lol. What do you think?

 

[RobertB]

Im about to do the same on some seedlings I collected in my area.

 

[TooCoys]

My BC seedlings that I collected on the Frio River a few weeks ago don’t look so good. I don’t think they are going to survive.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

My BC seedlings that I collected on the Frio River a few weeks ago don’t look so good. I don’t think they are going to survive.

I grew mine, it is very easy to germinate them.

 

[hemmy]

I know, I am a heretic, but wait until you see what I come up with before you judge, lol. What do you think?

Awesome! It would be interesting to see some bald cypress in other styles. I know the potential for that in collected specimens is low, because of the growing conditions favoring the upright growth.

Have you ever seen wild ones with damaged, contorted trunks or secondary trunks coming from a larger dead base that could be carved? That massive carved style could be interesting. Similar to some of the redwoods that the Shimons collect.

I can also picture a slanted style with some subtle trunk movement.

Heresy = Innovation (sometimes)!

 

[just.wing.it]

I like the idea.
Broaden our horizons MM!
I use those spray bottles too...