Jan Culek Vertical Stone

[K_10_G]

I got this stone last year from Mirai and have been mulling over some possibilities with material I already have on hand. With repotting season underway I need to make a decision soon. Please share your opinions !
Juniper group. Black pine cascade. American Beech . JBP #2

 

[Fonz]

My 1st thought would be the juniper group.
Certainly not the beech.

 

[Shogun610]

Either the JBP no1 or Junipers. They seem to have smallest rootball so less root reduction the better. The American beech although a nice thought .. would be too dry on the rock.. better to use more water retention for the American beech. JBP 2 has a a bigger root ball.

 

[Crazy Diamond]

Go for the Junipers bro

 

[Colorado]

Junipers!!!!

 

[vp999]

Amazing stone ..I would love to have one but they costs so much.

 

[0soyoung]

Junipers strike me as trite. So, if you are doing this to please me, ...

I like the pine in the third pic best of the options you've presented, but I cannot stop thinking about what great rock to have roots growing over = a trident or something else that vigorously grows roots (AFAIK, beech doesn't fill that bill).

 

[K_10_G]

Junipers strike me as trite. So, if you are doing this to please me, ...

I like the pine in the third pic best of the options you've presented, but I cannot stop thinking about what great rock to have roots growing over = a trident or something else that vigorously grows roots (AFAIK, beech doesn't fill that bill).

Yes I had hoped to get a few JM with nice movement for an airy design but did not source the proper material in time. I also have a group of small ferns that would pair as I could keep it in partial shade. I agree the Junipers are the obvious/first thing that comes to mind when you think vertical stone. While overdone I do feel it does/can evoke the feeling of nature in miniature best. or rather nature in scale as when looking with the junipers I can somewhat imagine it as a giant mountain. The JBP also evokes the nature in minture but on a larger scale. When I look with the JBP I imagine this could be a piece that was seen as is in nature, if that makes sense. I am also still thinking of waiting for the JM next spring, I have a few nice garden specimens with twisty branches that could offer airlayers of the needed material

 

[LittleDingus]

I can't unsee a stone golem carrying around a tree



Were that rock mine, I'd be tempted to find a pot that fits and grow the tree in a pot carried by a golem!

Yeah...I don't take bonsai very seriously

 

[Mike Westervelt]

First pine for me

 

[Michael P]

Much as I understand your desire to put a tree on it, that stone is a work of art by itself.