Hinoki Cypress Nursery Stock Find

[lieuz]

I picked up a hinoki cypress because it's a species of tree I just dont have in my collection. I'm currently really enjoying Shohin trees and found a small hinoki to experiment on.

It was a considerable pruning, took around 50% off to open up the interior. I've noticed the foliage is pretty tight growing and is close to the trunk. I slip potted it and is now in the shade.

 

[rockm]

Nice tree and work!

 

[Tieball]

Good eye finding and imagining the possibilities for this tree.

Just my thinking and practice…..I’d cover those roots, the tree appears to be planted to high right now especially on the right side of the photo. I value roots on new material.

 

[Bonsai Nut]

That looks like an Iseli nursery tag. Is it any particular cultivar?

 

[Hartinez]

Man. I wish I could fin and ungrafted nursery Hinoki around here. Great find and nice work so far.

 

[Hartinez]

How aggressive were you with the roots? I picked up a B&B Hinoki this spring and fully bare rooted the tree. It responded very well. I followed the “taking the Hinoki cypress” article you can find online.

 

[QuantumSparky]

Damn that puts my Nursery Hinoki attempt to shame! The one I experimented with had awfully long branches and they were almost all in the same plane opposing each other so the tree ended up with no depth.

Can I ask how you went about styling this tree? I'm struggling hard with styling my Hinoki but I want to try again. My big hurdle is bending the branches downward without breaking them. Not sure if it's me or if the tree is just too mature

 

[lieuz]

How aggressive were you with the roots? I picked up a B&B Hinoki this spring and fully bare rooted the tree. It responded very well. I followed the “taking the Hinoki cypress” article you can find online.

Not aggressive this was slip potted into a larger terracotta pot.

 

[lieuz]

Good eye finding and imagining the possibilities for this tree.

Just my thinking and practice…..I’d cover those roots, the tree appears to be planted to high right now especially on the right side of the photo. I value roots on new material.

You're right, it is on a slight tilt. Since this was slip potted, I'll just move some of the soil around and bury the roots.

 

[lieuz]

Damn that puts my Nursery Hinoki attempt to shame! The one I experimented with had awfully long branches and they were almost all in the same plane opposing each other so the tree ended up with no depth.

Can I ask how you went about styling this tree? I'm struggling hard with styling my Hinoki but I want to try again. My big hurdle is bending the branches downward without breaking them. Not sure if it's me or if the tree is just too mature

I definitely had a style in mind, for me hinoki's are stately trees and would look best to me as an in-between of a formal upright. I had a lot to work with as this tree had so much branching in it there was a ton of mush in the center. This tree had very pliable branches, probably a maturity thing as you've mentioned.

 

[James W.]

What cultivar is it?

 

[lieuz]

@Bonsai Nut @James W. this is the Chamaecyparis Obtusa "Gemstone" cultivar from Iseli Nursery. It has some pretty dense and compact foliage which is great for hinoki.

 

[Paradox]

Very nice and very lucky find

 

[mds_1978]

That's some nice work! I have a couple of nursery hinokis I've been meaning to have a go at, now I have some inspiration.

 

[lieuz]

Wanted to report, it's been almost 2 years and I repotted it into a pot my wife built. I should have repotted it sooner, the soil medium was atrocious... It was basically wood chips. It's in bonsai soil now and is a happy little camper!