Cable
Omono
Last fall I scouted four trees in my backyard that I wanted to collect. Last week I was wandering around back there and found another one that I really like. Today I went to get two of them. One ended up being too close against another much larger tree so I gave up and focused on two others.
I don't know what this one is but suspect it is a cottonwood, sycamore, or poplar. Probably no good for bonsai but I needed practice and I really like the trunk. It was growing next to a creek and has very soft wood that snapped underground as I was digging. It only had a few roots in one area so I suspect it was a branch that rooted and then broke off. The trunk part was bent underground and extended about ten inches before it broke. I cut off the part after the roots so we'll see what happens.
Then I grabbed this little hemlock.
I don't know what this one is but suspect it is a cottonwood, sycamore, or poplar. Probably no good for bonsai but I needed practice and I really like the trunk. It was growing next to a creek and has very soft wood that snapped underground as I was digging. It only had a few roots in one area so I suspect it was a branch that rooted and then broke off. The trunk part was bent underground and extended about ten inches before it broke. I cut off the part after the roots so we'll see what happens.
Then I grabbed this little hemlock.