Coastal Redwood Suggestions and damage

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What prompted the post is this damage I found today on my tree...

I am fairly certain my dogs took a nip at it (those bastards...) and I am worried about the proximity to the live vein with winter coming. Would you recommend I put paste or anything of the sort over it? I may be over reacting but am particularly fond of this tree. Here are some more complete pictures with a better back drop

Other than the nip at the bark the tree has grown remarkably well. Does anyone see any styling that comes out and screams at them? Or maybe precaution that has to be taken with all of that dead wood?

Thanks for looking!

 

[Alain]

Wow that's a nice looking impressive tree you've got there!

I'm no specialist of the point but I wouldn't worry too much with the damage, your tree is obviously an heavy fighter when it comes to jin, sharri, deadwood and other scars!
I will just clean up the wound by making nice cuts instead of the dog's bites.

For the styling if you could find a past thread from a couple of days ago entitled 'the garden of Mr ....(a Japanese name)' it will give you ideas I think: it's an amazing collection of deadwood on conifers.

If it was mine I think I'd try a cascade. It will be a cascade starting from a trunk instead of the pot but imagine if it's actually reach below the pot starting from such a high trunk!

 

[sorce]

If a dogs bark is worse than his bite, but he bites bark....is he unbarking up the wrong tree?

I was thinking cascade too, I guess cuz there is not much you can do with all that strait trunk.

The 2nd to last pic with just siding no window...you could tilt the trunk right to about 5 oclock, use it as a "hill" and style the foilage mass into its own tree at thebottom of the "hill". Maybe subsitute "mountain".

I think that would be a wicked image.

Sorce

 

[Txhorticulture]

Im impressed

I'm impressed that you can keep a real redwood alive there. Sequoia are known to be finicky and difficult to cultivate anywhere east of the Rockies.

As for the damage, im in the contrarian do nothing camp for the most part.

 

[wireme]

For a styling option check out englemann spruce #1 at the bonsai mirai website. I could see a somewhat similar image coming from this material?

 

[coh]

I'm impressed that you can keep a real redwood alive there. Sequoia are known to be finicky and difficult to cultivate anywhere east of the Rockies.

As for the damage, im in the contrarian do nothing camp for the most part.

There was a beautifully styled, healthy coast redwood in the National Exhibition. The owner was from the Chicago area. He said the tree had been grown in the Chicago area for many years (though he only acquired it a few years ago). So it is possible.

I have 3 in my collection but none are very far along in the styling process. I've had one of them since 2007. Overall, our climate is much less harsh than the midwest/Chicago area, so I was particularly impressed by the one in the show.

Chris

 

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Thank you all for the suggestions. I too had thought of cascade and tilting the tree a bit as suggested. I'll take some photos and go from there.

I did like this suggestion however:

decisions decisions. Now its time to draw and think... I appreciate the help!

 

[0soyoung]

I too had thought of cascade ...

I did like this suggestion however:

Now this is an interesting tree!!!

A redwood cascade??? Really? The idea is a bit odd to my thinking, and especially with a straight trunked tree (but maybe there is art in the idea).

A raft style, emulating a fallen tree is a more plausible/apt design than a cascade for a redwood, if I may say so (once you have it going, hollow it out near the old root base to look more like the real deal).