New yamadori

[BonsaiButler]

Hi there everyone, been a little while since I've posted something.
found a new spot with some very promising material. The species is Ceanothus cuneatus.
I ended up with like eight of them. From what little information I could find, they can only spread their seeds by wildfire.
Also I read that they don't particularly like their roots messed with so I really hope they survive.
If anyone knows anything about there care or has experience with this species please let me know.

 

[BonsaiButler]

Detail of the top of the biggest one

 

[Vin]

I don't know a thing about them but they look very promising if they survive.

 

[BonsaiButler]

Thanks I really hope they live. there's a lot more where these came from.

 

[sorce]

This is totally an @fredman tree.!

I dig it!

You gotta flat top that one!

Sorce

 

[fredman]

Man you got me drooling here...

 

[fredman]

The one in the last pic is halfway there already.

 

[BonsaiButler]

Ya man these are pretty cool little trees. =]
I saw a really big old buck with a yellow tag
on its ear where these where growing, was probably snacking on these for years.

 

[fredman]

LoL yeah that is probably your stylist... eaten or trimmed...I'm a junky for the style mate
My two trees on the front lawn...

 

[Geo]

http://www.laspilitas.com/nature-of-california/plants/142--ceanothus-cuneatus
Buckbrush. Hence the Deer.


http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Ceanothus+cuneatus


Especially look at the cultivation notes on the 2nd site.

 

[Handsome John]

I like the second one ya got, but damn those look thorny as hell

 

[BonsaiButler]

Interesting that it says that it dislikes pruning yet the deer chew on them all year round,
and rub their horns on them. I'm mostly worried about the roots =[
everyone of these that I dug had very little surface roots. Most had very long taproots with
some roots near the surface.