Interesting subject...ideas what it is
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PaulH
Omono
Kind of grotesque, imo. I've never seen a tree that looks like that.
Smoke
Ignore-Amus
Podocarpus in the weeping style.
I love it.
I love it.
edprocoat
Masterpiece
Yea, me too ! It conjures images of either the deep south or oddly enough Lord of the Rings to me. I find it very visual, the kind of visual that stokes the imagination.
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Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
So...did they use the weeping from from the beginning...then go with it and develop it more? I find it very whimsical.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Going to see what today finds...if I come home with nothing...this if it can be styled through winter...it maybe up my alley. The "girl" in me thinks if indoors one could put tiny bows along the weeping bare branches and make a nice center piece for a holiday area indoors.
http://www.easternleaf.com/Bonsai_Podocarpus_Bonsai_Tree_p/800610-03.htm
The Podocarpus Bonsai tree can be kept in shade or partial sun.
Avoid cold weather, however the Bonsai tree is still quite hardy.
Pruning is minimal as the Podocarpus Bonsai tree is already trained. Prune back according to how you would like to maintain the shape.
Water moderately, keeping the pine bonsai tree moist at all times, Water well during spring and early summer.
Fertilize your pine bonsai tree once every two weeks. We recommend using a bonsai fertilizer.
Repotting will not be necessary as the pine bonsai tree grows very slowly. However, after many years, the Podocarpus may require repotting.
http://www.easternleaf.com/Bonsai_Podocarpus_Bonsai_Tree_p/800610-03.htm
The Podocarpus Bonsai tree can be kept in shade or partial sun.
Avoid cold weather, however the Bonsai tree is still quite hardy.
Pruning is minimal as the Podocarpus Bonsai tree is already trained. Prune back according to how you would like to maintain the shape.
Water moderately, keeping the pine bonsai tree moist at all times, Water well during spring and early summer.
Fertilize your pine bonsai tree once every two weeks. We recommend using a bonsai fertilizer.
Repotting will not be necessary as the pine bonsai tree grows very slowly. However, after many years, the Podocarpus may require repotting.
cascade
Shohin
Interesting form...love the stark branches leaving bits of green at the tips. Fascinates me...curious if I could find something in the nursery to develop a similar style...I have wire.
Nacho Marin's beautiful work. When posting pics it would be nice to credit the artist, if known.
Best,
Dorothy
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Thanks...I hadn't known it. Found this in a google image search...no names were mentioned. But I am intrigued and plan to see what else may come up under his name.
Poink88
Imperial Masterpiece
I believe bald cypress and it's relative the montezuma cypress can be styled this way easily based on what mine are naturally doing right now w/o even styling it. The new branches are drooping like that.
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
Would you mind sharing a photo?
Poink88
Imperial Masterpiece
I'll try to snap a pic later. Do note that it is a nursery tree I got and far from being a bonsai. What I'll show you is just the branch growth behavior.
Not too obvious yet but it (drooping) is showing on this old pic of my bald cypress.
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mat
Chumono
Looks kind of like a bottlebrush to me.
Weeping Bottlebrush - Callistemon viminalis ??
Weeping Bottlebrush - Callistemon viminalis ??
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jk_lewis
Masterpiece
A couple of points here relating to the info Cadillactaste cited from the Easternleaf website:
1. Podocarpus is NOT a pine -- though it is a conifer relative. It should not be treated as a pine. Mine, at least, don't seem to mind wet feet.
2. They aren't particularly slow growing, and will go out of shape in one summer if not kept after.
3. That weeping form probably took 20 years of work to create -- at least, using weights and wire.
4. They aren't "tropical" and should be outside whenever temperatures permit -- and that is any time temperatures are not freezing (although they will withstand a brief freeze).
1. Podocarpus is NOT a pine -- though it is a conifer relative. It should not be treated as a pine. Mine, at least, don't seem to mind wet feet.
2. They aren't particularly slow growing, and will go out of shape in one summer if not kept after.
3. That weeping form probably took 20 years of work to create -- at least, using weights and wire.
4. They aren't "tropical" and should be outside whenever temperatures permit -- and that is any time temperatures are not freezing (although they will withstand a brief freeze).
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
if you area correct...can you imagine...when in bloom! Bare weeping branches with blooms at the end...
Cadillactaste
Neagari Gal
cascade
Shohin
cascade
Shohin
Poink88
Imperial Masterpiece
GrimLore
Bonsai Nut alumnus... we miss you
I think you are killing them - send them here 
Actually meant to say the Cypress in this area grow quite different like formal upright with branches straight out... 
Actually meant to say the Cypress in this area grow quite different like formal upright with branches straight out... Similar threads
