Pacific Northwest Yamadori

[ghues]

Hello, I thought some here might be interested in looking at some trees from the Pacific Northwest.
I was over at a friend’s garden discussing some of his trees and potential plans for the future. He has a large collection of Yamadori, which contains many 4 hand trees, some 6 hand and a few 8. He was getting a few of them ready for work and while we were moving them, he told me that he hardly takes any progress photos and doesn’t venture into the on-line forums/blogs. So, I wanted to start this thread and then update it overtime.
This first one is a yellow Cedar (Alaskan Yellow Cedar, Cypress) Callitropsis nootkatensis. It is very old, with great bark and deadwoods features.

 

[ghues]

Second Post

Here are a few of the Shore Pine that my friend was getting ready to work on. Some of the pine has really thick almost corklike bark, very dense and thick indicating lots of age. For scale I used the "Canuck" lighter (3"/8cm).

 

[ghues]

This is a Mountain Hemlock that has really filled out nicely. Plans call for a re-shaping asap and a new pot next spring.
Cheers
Graham

 

[JudyB]

Beautiful, thank your friend for allowing you to share them with us. The first shore pine is awesome.
I can't imagine having trees as big as an 8 hander...

 

[amkhalid]

Nice yamadori!

BOOO CANUCKS!

 

[Ang3lfir3]

Excellent examples of the great material we have around here.... lucky you that you live so close to it

 

[ghues]

Hi Erik, these are from PW's garden. He's got a great collection with many stories behind them that involve Dan.

 

[Ang3lfir3]

Hi Erik, these are from PW's garden. He's got a great collection with many stories behind them that involve Dan.

I thought they might be his.... especially when you mentioned the size....