Hi everyone... I'll start out by saying I'm very new to bonsai and this forum. I live in Atlantic Canada, and just this afternoon I dug up this Larch. It is about 35cm tall and I would like to stop it from getting any taller, and ideally shorten it a little bit. Any tips are very welcome...
I obtained this tree for about $10 as a rooted cutting in a 4" nursery pot. The sapling was planted in pumice and scoria. June 2014:
After purchase, I slip potted it into an 8" round nursery pot.
March 2015:
May 2015, showing a lack-of-water mishap: (and/or bad repotting aftercare)
2015...
Does any one have experience with deadwooding the top of a larch sorta going for the lightening strike look. Is that possible with these trees they are not very common where I live.
They are native to the western mountainous part of the state of Maryland. Does anyone know if one can survive and, hopefully, thrive in my eastern part of the state (USDA zone 7a/7b) at sea level? I would like to try one as bonsai.
I was given this tree as a present about 3 years ago. It was supposedly a 3 year old bonsai from a mail order company. After removing about 20 cm from the top and some heavy thinning out some root training then repotting i was left with this.
Bonsai Arist: Mr. Nick Lenz
Species: Larix laricana
Exhibited At: Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection
More specific information on this tree to be provided at a future date.
This photograph was taken in the very late afternoon. So much so the sunlight was about to dip off the horizon. I...
Bonsai Artist: Mr. Nick Lenz
Species: American Eastern Larch (Larix laricana)
Traditions and Transitions - Arts of the Earth
This unique display combining the art of pottery, with the art of bonsai, was put on by the Weyerhaeuser Company. The curator for the Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection...