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Shohin
With the great thread going on the "windswept" white pine, I wanted to throw this tree out there. It touches on similar issues such as twin trunk literati, breaking the rules, and what is the best direction for this tree. A couple of notes:
My photo skills and camera suck - sorry.
This tree is a Lodgepole pine - pinus contorta. It is approximately 175 years old (by estimation counting growth on one of the lower limbs coming off the base - a 'la Herb Gustafson).
It is less than 6 months out of the ground in Eastern Oregon. It is 18 months from starting to style.
I have a pot on order from Darrell Walker for this tree. It will be repotted in late spring '08.
It is one of my favorite potensai. Mike Hagedorn dropped his jaw when he saw it, and asked if he could be the master to help me style it (I am honored, as now I have one tree I have actually had a master ask if they could help me on, vs. begging someone to help me with my trees), and of course I said yes.
It is 60" from the pot to the top of the "main" trunk". Most trees in this "style" I have seen in the ground are about 24" tall.
I was once told you should always name your trees. I have trees called Boon Ponderosa, Walter Ponderosa, Loch Ness, Big Hemlock. I call this one Dancing Flames. That is my vision. What do you all think???
My photo skills and camera suck - sorry.
This tree is a Lodgepole pine - pinus contorta. It is approximately 175 years old (by estimation counting growth on one of the lower limbs coming off the base - a 'la Herb Gustafson).
It is less than 6 months out of the ground in Eastern Oregon. It is 18 months from starting to style.
I have a pot on order from Darrell Walker for this tree. It will be repotted in late spring '08.
It is one of my favorite potensai. Mike Hagedorn dropped his jaw when he saw it, and asked if he could be the master to help me style it (I am honored, as now I have one tree I have actually had a master ask if they could help me on, vs. begging someone to help me with my trees), and of course I said yes.
It is 60" from the pot to the top of the "main" trunk". Most trees in this "style" I have seen in the ground are about 24" tall.
I was once told you should always name your trees. I have trees called Boon Ponderosa, Walter Ponderosa, Loch Ness, Big Hemlock. I call this one Dancing Flames. That is my vision. What do you all think???