Txhorticulture
Chumono
It's my best container plant. I'm proud of it because i bought it as a newly grafted 4 inch pot about ten years ago. It is a 'collectors conifer', Cedrus deodara 'Cream puff'.
It's a little slower growing than the species, but I wouldn't say slow. It was selected for its powder blue color. It took years to start looking tree like, I've never pruned a branch. I staked a leader for a few years until it started showing apical dominance. And it is just now coming into its own. Everyone who sees it comments about it.
Anyway, I'm toying with the idea of making it a bonsai. But not sure if it is ready. The trunk is about two inches thick. The tree itself, it's planted in a whiskey barrel, is probably 6 feet tall or so. So it's big, but the cedar bonsai i see that i like are a little heftier. And I've seen just a few deodara bonsai online. The atlas cedar seems to be more popular for bonsai. To me the deodar is a prettier tree.
Obviously, i like this plant, if i am gonna chop it and make it bonsai i don't want to rush it. I want it perfect.
Should I wait? If i do should i cut back those low branches to get those interior buds growing? The side facing the neighbors lousy fence isn't getting enough sun so i do plan on moving that huge barrel. Any other thoughts or ideas?
It's a little slower growing than the species, but I wouldn't say slow. It was selected for its powder blue color. It took years to start looking tree like, I've never pruned a branch. I staked a leader for a few years until it started showing apical dominance. And it is just now coming into its own. Everyone who sees it comments about it.
Anyway, I'm toying with the idea of making it a bonsai. But not sure if it is ready. The trunk is about two inches thick. The tree itself, it's planted in a whiskey barrel, is probably 6 feet tall or so. So it's big, but the cedar bonsai i see that i like are a little heftier. And I've seen just a few deodara bonsai online. The atlas cedar seems to be more popular for bonsai. To me the deodar is a prettier tree.
Obviously, i like this plant, if i am gonna chop it and make it bonsai i don't want to rush it. I want it perfect.
Should I wait? If i do should i cut back those low branches to get those interior buds growing? The side facing the neighbors lousy fence isn't getting enough sun so i do plan on moving that huge barrel. Any other thoughts or ideas?
