American Larch (Elliot), Progression thread.

[The Warm Canuck]

Larch Nursery Find, What's Would You Do Next?

Just bought this Larch from a local nursery for $117.00, I'm pretty happy with it. All my trees are in early development and are in grow beds, so I'd like to actually get this into a Bonsai pot, but I'm not sure how I should approach it. I'd like to try it in an formal/informal upright, (I'm...

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[The Warm Canuck]

So, decided to put the tree in a large grow bag and cut back the top. I'm going to try and keep the growth contained on the top 2/3 of the tree and let the bottom just grow out.

 

[Dogestoevsky]

Interested to see what you do with this. I’ve been playing around with tamarack for a couple years now, but I’ve mostly steered clear of thick, upright trunks. I have no idea how I would style them without a lot of carving! Do you have a plan in mind?

 

[The Warm Canuck]

Interested to see what you do with this. I’ve been playing around with tamarack for a couple years now, but I’ve mostly steered clear of thick, upright trunks. I have no idea how I would style them without a lot of carving! Do you have a plan in mind?

I'm going to try a formal/informal upright. I understand how difficult it is to make a good one but it will be a learning experience. After looking it over though, I think the tree is just way too tall, and I'm going to cut it down lower tonight. Probably in the around here: I only worry that I've already cut 1/3 of the root ball off and probably half the tree down already.

 

[xwintersgloomx]

Looks like a great tree, following the progression!