Fun Little Hinoki

[Adam D]

I picked up this fun little shohin Hinoki cypress from my local garden center today for $20. Nothing incredibly spectacular, but goes to show you can find interesting plant material for cheap prices. I’m not sure of the cultivar as it didn’t have a label but I loved the small character of the tree so I had to get it.

I repotted into this small grow pot just now.

 

[bwaynef]

Where'd you get that grow pot?

 

[Michigan Bonsai]

That’s a cute guy

 

[Adam D]

Where'd you get that grow pot?

I ordered it online from Bonsai outlet. They have quite a few different sizes but it seems the smallest sizes are never available. This is a size 4.5 pot.

 

[Adam D]

That’s a cute guy

Thank you. It’s hard to see from the picture but it’s a kabudachi or clump style above the nebari.

 

[smjmsy00]

are you sure that's a hinoki?

 

[Adam D]

are you sure that's a hinoki?

Positive

 

[Adam D]

are you sure that's a hinoki?

I think it’s a cultivar called butter ball. Whether that’s good for bonsai, I’m not sure but it reminds me of a really cool shohin Hinoki I saw on Instagram

 

[NOZZLE HEAD]

Looks like the cultivar “nana” to me.

 

[Adam D]

Looks like the variety “nana”

I would tend to agree with that. The reason I mentioned that I think it’s “butter ball” is because it was in a section with a bunch of similar plants with tags saying butter ball, but this one was the only one that didn’t have that characteristic yellow foliage of that cultivar.