baldcypress6
Sapling
I was shopping for light bulbs at Walmart and decided to check out the garden dept. to see what they had. So as I'm walking through the aisles of trees and plants my eyes fell on this unique looking tree with the knarly trunk and instantly thought "this would make great material for bonsai" ..I think. Lol. ...so $10 later I'm walking out of Walmart pretty happy.
I got home and instantly started examining the entire tree trying to figure out what cuts to make that would give this shrub a chance. So I pruned the woody roots leaving the finer feeder roots & decided on chopping the top and leaving the bottom half with the most interesting parts of the trunk. I decided not to cut the taller branch because I want to see if it would back bud to create a type of canopy. If it doesn't look right when it grows out I'll probably decide to remove it.
As you can see I placed it into a bonsai pot, but was wondering if I should repot it into a shallow planter instead... What's you suggestions?
I got home and instantly started examining the entire tree trying to figure out what cuts to make that would give this shrub a chance. So I pruned the woody roots leaving the finer feeder roots & decided on chopping the top and leaving the bottom half with the most interesting parts of the trunk. I decided not to cut the taller branch because I want to see if it would back bud to create a type of canopy. If it doesn't look right when it grows out I'll probably decide to remove it.
As you can see I placed it into a bonsai pot, but was wondering if I should repot it into a shallow planter instead... What's you suggestions?