Flat Top Bald Cypress Bonsai

This was one of the first trees i ever purchased back in 2016.

Flat top bald cypress bonsai. When a bald cypress is young it has a pyramidal shape as it ages the top tends to flatten. I think i paid about 100 150 for it and couldn t believe i was making such a large purchase ohh how times have changed. Now in the national collection washington d c. Where to go from here.

This is a progression thread on a flat top style bald cypress in my collection. And it is true that many japanese nursery owners don t accept the flattop style as a bonsai style. Here s the second potential front. Focussing on styling bonsai showing member s trees bonsai care and general help.

One nice feature of this tree is it s got some dead snags on the trunk that i d like to incorporate in the design. This flat top bald cypress is coming along really well for a single year of training. Flat top bald cypress. Or even the bald cypress as a good subject to work with bald cypress have serious dieback every year on the branch tips they grow too fast for some japanese nursery men and they are incredibly apically dominant so much so that you lose bottom branches if you don t keep the top in check and you need to about every 4 5 years chop and regrow the top if it s in the typical conifer.

This is a style of tree not indigenous to my part of the world but one. Press j to jump to the feed. This is part 1 of a video that highlights the work done to a bald cypress tree during its journey to becoming a flat top style. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts.

Vaughn banting 1947 2008 highly respected new orleans bonsai artist was the first to introduce the flat top cypress as a style. After all a flat top cypress is a mature tree which means it s lost its lower branches. It s not uncommon to see dead snags emerging from the trunks of these trees. I am happy with the nebari and the roots below.

At the time this was made this tree was 25 months from being collected. It was purchased from zach smith at bonsai south. South florida zone 10b beginner may 2018 50ish trees. Here are the initial pictures from october 2016.

This tree is an example of vaughn s work. Log in sign up. Hi all i have been working on developing a flat top bald cypress. All of the foliage will be off this tree within the next few days so knocking some off today won t hurt a thing.

This is a bald cypress taxodium distichum tree that i have been growing for several years from basically a small twig.