Shoguns Shitakusa and Kusamono

[Shogun610]

I post these in accent thread. For my own keepsake putting in one spot .. I still need to ID everything most is from a native plant nursery but there is also stuff I collected.
All native to PA. Stuff in formalized containers are Kusamono , I’d only categorize 2 as shitakusa but more of those is on way.
Containers are collected Slate , Pumice rock , lace rock , some random Japanese production pot , Barry Murphee, Sara Rayner and Vance Hanna . Next time I’ll positively ID everything, and update into fall some of these will really pop.

 

[Colorado]

Some cool stuff here man!

 

[Colorado]

So how old are these compositions?

 

[Shogun610]

So how old are these compositions?

The planting with the pitcher and sundew/ grasses and cranberry is 2 years old.
The sedum glaucophyllum is 2 years old in a very old pot until this year.
The horsegrass and sundew with grasses is 2 years old.
Everything else was make this year , they’ve been in the shade or dappled except for sedum. I also cut them back a few times.

 

[Colorado]

The planting with the pitcher and sundew/ grasses and cranberry is 2 years old.
The sedum glaucophyllum is 2 years old in a very old pot until this year.
The horsegrass and sundew with grasses is 2 years old.
Everything else was make this year , they’ve been in the shade or dappled except for sedum. I also cut them back a few times.

Awesome, yeah it seems like they’re settling in nicely already! Will only get better and better

 

[Shogun610]

Awesome, yeah it seems like they’re settling in nicely already! Will only get better and better

Thanks

 

[GGB]

these are awesome, I need to get on some accents

 

[Pitoon]

I really like pic# 3. Good job putting those together.

 

[Shogun610]

these are awesome, I need to get on some accents

Thanks dude

 

[Shogun610]

I really like pic# 3. Good job putting those together.

Thank you !

 

[Shogun610]

More shitakusa , 2 sedum terrantum and 1 sedum nevii on rocks. The sedum nevii just got put together, will be a while to see it grow.

 

[Shogun610]

Lol this might be a stretch buuuut.
Would love to actually collect rocks from the coast or sea.. I collected these from mountain streams and a stream near me

1. Jinbutsu Ishi( animal) - in this instance resemblance of a turtle poking head out of water /shell


2. Doha ishi (cliffs)


3. Shimagata ishi (looks like a lake /coast line cliff )

 

[Shogun610]

Went hiking in mountains today w my dog. There were pathways that seemed to be intertwined with areas that electric towers spanning mountain faces were on. In between those in natural areas were all sorts of exposed rocky areas with near misses and lichen. I collected some of the moss and lichen for shitakusa with some muck and ground up the remaining mosses for propagation in a flat.

 

[Shogun610]

Mountain mosses and lichen on lace rock. I have to ID the mosses and lichen if anyone may know as well would be cool

 

[Shogun610]

Mosses and lichen on pumice rock

 

[Shogun610]

Mountain moss and lichen on lace rock

 

[Shogun610]

This one is my favorite out of the bunch- a sedum I found at a nursery and mosses and lichen , on a cool river stone.

 

[Shogun610]

Recent ones made …Lichen is Parmotrema tinctorum
Moss is mostly hair cap moss - Polytrichum Juniperifolia
The sedum is sedum anglicum

 

[Shogun610]

A lot of these did not survive I should have protected better .. but lesson learned. And I’m continuing to collect more from the wild to re build.. any tips for what some of y’all do w your accents over winter?

 

[Shogun610]

This one did survive

And is doing well.