I have three questions I would like to bring up:
I noticed this bulge, and the Hinoki I have as well as some in a local nursery have a similar bulge at or just above ground level. Is this the result of a graft, something common to Hinoki, or something else?
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I am considering purchasing one of two Hinoki's I saw at a local nursery, both are the same price, and both have potential but for different reasons (sorry I forgot to get pix). #1 has good taper, movement and lots of branches/foliage to work with. #2 does not have quite as good a trunk, but does have the potential to be layered into 3 nice trees. Since they are at the upper end of my price range and there is so little good material near me, the 3 for 1 is an attractive feature but only if if I can successfully layer them off. So my question is how easy/hard is it to air layer Hinoki?
Lastly, I have been looking up all the information and images I can find of Hinoki and noticed few, if any, cascade or semi-cascade. (I did find one youtube video of someone wiring a semi-cascade Hinoki) Any ideas why there seem to be so few cascade style Hinoki's?