JimmyBeefshank
Sapling
So I think I've got the lay of the land figured out here at Bonsai Nut Forums, lots of great people from all over sharing lots of great info about lots of great topics. Theoretical knowledge can only carry one so far though and on the path to exploring the art of bonsai there comes a time when you have to crack a few eggs.
Here is one of my eggs, the dreaded Eastern Red Cedar.
This particular ERC is sort of an oddity though, I found it two seasons ago on a collection trip among many trees of the same species but this tree had a distinctly lower, more "weeping" growth habit and foliage that was still deep green while most of the trees near it had either darkened to a purple tone or taken on an orange-ish hue. The tree appeared to have been trampled at some point and bore an interesting scar on the trunk. I am currently trying to promote a new ground layer just below the scar for the dual purpose of correcting a slight inverse taper and an overall height reduction.
The trees natural leader also appeared to have broken during whatever traumatic event scarred the trunk. The 2nd leader had thickened enough so that when I set the ground layer I also reduced the height again, selecting the current top. Finally I'm beginning to see some taper...
Still a long way to go but I think there's potential.
It could have been a trick of the snowflakes blowing around but when I stepped outside this morning I'm pretty sure this little tree winked at me.
Here is one of my eggs, the dreaded Eastern Red Cedar.
This particular ERC is sort of an oddity though, I found it two seasons ago on a collection trip among many trees of the same species but this tree had a distinctly lower, more "weeping" growth habit and foliage that was still deep green while most of the trees near it had either darkened to a purple tone or taken on an orange-ish hue. The tree appeared to have been trampled at some point and bore an interesting scar on the trunk. I am currently trying to promote a new ground layer just below the scar for the dual purpose of correcting a slight inverse taper and an overall height reduction.
The trees natural leader also appeared to have broken during whatever traumatic event scarred the trunk. The 2nd leader had thickened enough so that when I set the ground layer I also reduced the height again, selecting the current top. Finally I'm beginning to see some taper...
Still a long way to go but I think there's potential.
It could have been a trick of the snowflakes blowing around but when I stepped outside this morning I'm pretty sure this little tree winked at me.