Cascade Lebanon Cedar

[johng]

I really like this species...it is slow to grow but makes a pretty convincing tree from my perspective.

This tree came from Randy Clark at the Bonsai Learning Center in the June of 2011...it was the last one he had but I saw some potential so I gave it a shot...I think it was priced at $95...this is what it looked like when I brought it home...

After some rough initial work...

After a couple a years it was ready for some more work...here it is when I started working on it last night...as you can see it has filled in since the original work...

After a couple hours of wiring...

and a video of the final results... I suspect this one will find its way onto a rock in the future. At that time I may decide to shorten the cascade branch.
[video=youtube_share;okh6C5JK0aA]http://youtu.be/okh6C5JK0aA[/video]

Enjoy,
John

 

[Adair M]

Very nice, John!

 

[Bob O]

Very good work John. I have never seen one of these in person and this as a cascade is a first for me. Would love to see the completed composition.

Bob O

 

[Martin Sweeney]

I really like this species...it is slow to grow but makes a pretty convincing tree from my perspective.

This tree came from Randy Clark at the Bonsai Learning Center in the June of 2011...it was the last one he had but I saw some potential so I gave it a shot...I think it was priced at $95...this is what it looked like when I brought it home...

After some rough initial work...

After a couple a years it was ready for some more work...here it is when I started working on it last night...as you can see it has filled in since the original work...

After a couple hours of wiring...

and a video of the final results... I suspect this one will find its way onto a rock in the future. At that time I may decide to shorten the cascade branch.
[video=youtube_share;okh6C5JK0aA]http://youtu.be/okh6C5JK0aA[/video]

Enjoy,
John

Johng,

Yes and I am still mad you got to it before me!

Regards,
Martin

 

[johng]

Johng,

Yes and I am still mad you got to it before me!

Regards,
Martin

snooze you lose besides they sat there for three years before I bought them

John

 

[Martin Sweeney]

snooze you lose besides they sat there for three years before I bought them

John

Johng,

Logic? You are using logic on me? You stoop so low...

Regards,
Martin

 

[Chucktownbonsai]

As always John, very nice work. Did you do any timed pruning on this tree to keep the proportions as you have? Or did you just prune as needed?

 

[barrosinc]

Hi John!
Following your steps once again! is this a regular lebanese cedar?
Did you ever pot it in bonsai soil and a smaller more definitive pot? I would really like to see the process!!!

I just bought which I will slip pot into a harder pot because it is in a plastic bag. Any tips are welcome!

 

[johng]

This one has been in a bonsai container since last spring....it doesnt appear that i took any pics

This is a very slow tree...but I do like it. I have been told that they do not like to have their roots messed with...therefore i go easy when repotting. Other than that just fertilizer and water. I prune very in frequently. In fact, I don't think I touched this one at all this year....due to this wire can stay on at least a year and typically holds well.

I did kill my other one last winter but it was completely my fault...left it in the workshop too long....really sucks when you do something stupid like that!

 

[barrosinc]

I've got one like 1,25 inch in nursery soil. I might repot into better soil and a growing box next spring.
I was thinking in half bare root repots. Any tips are welcome.
I will create a new thread for it soon. I was looking for an atlas cedar, but pulled the trigger on this one seeing as it can do the job too.

Can I chop just above a branch and pull that branch up and wire it? Does this look good, like we do with deciduous?

 

[Nybonsai12]

nice tree and work. I don't think cedars like my zone, but maybe I'm wrong. Either way seems to be a shortage of nice cedars here! looking forward to updates on this one!

 

[johng]

I've got one like 1,25 inch in nursery soil. I might repot into better soil and a growing box next spring.
I was thinking in half bare root repots. Any tips are welcome.
I will create a new thread for it soon. I was looking for an atlas cedar, but pulled the trigger on this one seeing as it can do the job too.

Can I chop just above a branch and pull that branch up and wire it? Does this look good, like we do with deciduous?

You can chop but it will take a long time to grow a decent transition with this species if needed. Both of the ones I have experience with were already in bonsai soil when I bought them. Even so, I was gentle on the roots when repotting....they never missed a beat..no pouting or changing colors.

I have never done a half bare root...has always seemed a bit over cautious to me....of course, I don't work with trees collected from the mtns either.

 

[benw3790]

Love the progression!! And ive never met randy but brad is a really cool guy. The bonsai learning center is the only bonsai nursery within a 100 mile radius of me (as far as I know) and its only 20 minutes away. I think you took this material to its potential and it really shows your talent john! Love all your azaleas too!