bald cypress

I’m going through a bit of a rough patch, so in an attempt to cheer me up, my parents and brother have sourced and gifted me two pieces of collected material that are quite advanced for me. One of them was a Utah juniper which I already made a post about. The most recent one, however, is a...

Hey all! I’m new to Bonsai and just picked up 2 awesome pre-Bonsai trees from my local nursery. One of these is a Bald Cypress, which I’ve noticed has red spots developing on many of the needles on the lower branches of the tree. I’ve also noticed a white web-like substance on some of the...

Well I found a nice BC at a local nursery that was MUCH more in my price range than others I was seeing. The only issue is it was in a grow bag on the ground, I did not see it had escaped roots but when they came to load it up in my car it looks like they had cut some of the escape roots. The...

I am looking for some bald cypress in the suburbs of Chicago area. I have called a few big box stores they do not have any and I have called a few nurserys but for a caliper of 1- 2 inch they are asking $400 bucks. I may just get some seedlings, but I wanted to maybe find some on discount at the...

I started a ground layer on a BC a few weeks ago, and I see the callus forming nicely all around the trunk but no roots. The roots bellow are still growing vigorously, and so does the tree. Any advice?

Picked this guy up at a local nursery for a decent price. Considering how often BC are used as shade trees here in Texas, there's few to be found in my area that aren't too large or expensive. This guy is 4.5' tall and a 1 1/2" base. I'm going to repot into a 15"x12"x3" Anderson flat like tray...

Hello, I have an Ahuehuete, or Sabino here in Mexico. It is the same species as the Bald Cyphress, Taxodium distichum, but found here in Mexico. It is in fact the national tree. I bought a very big tree from a nursery here in Mexico and it has this big empty space and unappealing root. Anyone...

Hi folks - I've got a flock of bald cypress seedlings getting ready for their first winter here in Virginia. It's occasionally getting cold here (low 20s F last night), so I thought it would be good to set them against my house and mulched with pine straw up to their first branches. They're...

Hi Everyone, With summer ending I wanted to give an update on how my RoR Trident Maple progress as well as share some other progress pics of my other trees. I've taken the advice of others here and decided to just let the seedlings grow. I think they've done quite well bit welcome thoughts...

So it was 95* here today but I figure it's good to plan ahead. I live in Richmond VA and have several bald cypress that germinated just over a month ago. I understand BC should generally be OK outside for winters here, say if I put them against a fence and snuggle them in mulch. But does that...

Hi - I'm new with bonsai and ordered a bald cypress online a few weeks back. It's in a one gallon container, which has been submerged since I got it, and the company's website describes the tree as: "One gallon trees are straight and pruned down to about 16 inches repeatedly with trunk calipers...

Hello! I got this bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) this January from a nursery. It was grown in a huge pot. When I remove the pot and the original soil I found a huge weird roots knot. On the one hand it expanded the base width from 10 cm to 19 cm, on the other hand I have a crossing thick...

Hello. Newbie here. I received a bald cypress about a couple weeks ago from Evergreen Gardenworks. Tree looked great. First couple days I had it, I watered it and kept it in partial sun.. Since then I've been soaking it, keeping it in a sunny spot, and otherwise leaving it alone. Today I...

Title. I’m letting my trees go wild and run, it’s been about 2 months of vigorous growth (see Imgur link). I’m concerned I’m missing out on ramification and refinement just for a couple dozen cuttings. I took a few cuttings in January right before spring and they look like they are going to...

Thinking about doing a BC forest in the form of almost a bayou sort of setting. I'm thinking a really interesting brown pot or slab. Anyway, I'm trying to figure out an online outlet that sells nice groupings (preferably different size trees) of bald cypresses or shops people have bought bald...

Hello.. I feel absolutely awful for having to write this but want to try to ask for help before it’s possibly too late. I bought a Bald Cypress on Facebook marketplace around 5 months ago. Here is a picture on the first day I got it. A beautiful tree, originally from Florida. I live in an...

Hi! Does anybody have any experience or tried to reduce leaf size in taxodiums or bald cypress? I have one i can make into a shohin size, but curious if i can reduce it... and if it has, what technique have you used. Thanks!!!

I can't find the original posting to expand upon for these two, so I'm repeating it here and starting this thread to monitor the process from beginning to perfect trees in under 10 years. You believe that, don't you? Here they are are, Mr. Big... And Mr. Small... Both of these came in with...

Hello all, I just joined the forum and am quite excited to start my first bald cypress bonsai project. A little backstory: I collected this BC in southern Florida in 2019 while I was working down there, and moved it back with me to upstate NY in late summer 2019. I put it in a temporary pot for...

[edited-in: I altered Poll phrasing from "optimal" to "OK", was my mistake - we already know optimal lol - so, "OK" is inherently subjective, for me I'd say it's acceptable to collect when I know I'll be getting a minimum of 4/5 success rate, whereas waiting to 'optimal' is more of a 19/20...

Hi Everyone, I just acquired some new trees and figured I’d share them with the group. @cbroad mentioned that Meehans Miniatures in Maryland was in my area so I went with them and ordered a Dawn Redwood, Trident Maple, and a Bald Cypress. Once I am able to more freely travel I plan on going...

I have a Bald Cypress Bonsai and I am waiting til all the leaves fall off before I prune. I live in Polk County and Cypress Trees are all over the place. I love them. I am very tentative when I prune. I want some ideas on the best way to shape this one. It has a second branch and I am thinking...

Hey All, For the past few weeks the edges of the muck/soil have been lifting up on my Bald Cypress planting, especially when it dries up a bit. I peeked underneath and there are roots growing out the sides, and of course the drainage holes as well. Is there anything that can be done to mitigate...

I have a Bald Cypress that I harvested 4 years ago, For 3 years it lived in a homemade goldfish pond, since I moved I repotted it. Everything was going good until I asked my 12yr old son to move it for me. I turned away for a minute that’s when he tried picking it up by the trunk, pulling the...

I would like a true yamadori bald cypress. Something that is truly ancient. I can either pay or trade California Juniper yamadori.