Cable's Collection

[Cable]

Canadian Hemlock


Juniper Holger


Juniper Blue Chip


Juniper San Jose

 

[Cable]

Pinus Mugo 'Teeny'


Juniper procumbens Nana


Juniper procumbens Nana


Juniper Shimpaku

 

[Cable]

American Tamarack


Trident Maple


White Pine

 

[Minnesota Madman]

American Tamarack
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Trident Maple
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White Pine
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Glad you're still in the game, home slice! The trees, and your skills are coming along nicely.

 

[Cable]

Worked on my shimpaku threaded through a piece of limestone. I had potted up the shimpaku in a training pot in late 2019 and added the limestone as an afterthought. It looked nice but was very off balance.

Yesterday I repotted it into a custom April Grigsby pot. I think it came out pretty nice!



Here it is in the plastic training pot before I started. I had planted the shimpaku in the training pot and then got the idea to thread a tree though the channel in a piece of limestone I had. This tree was the right size to squeeze in.



But since the tree was centered it made the rock far off centered. I can't tell you how many times it has tipped over and once flipped over entirely while driving!



My intention is to eventually jin the entire left side of the tree.



I still kept a little of the overhang but it is much more stable now.



I accidentally broke a piece off the channel but the tree is still running through the rock.

 

[Cable]

Spring 2021. There are still a handful of plants in winter storage but they'll come out today.

 

[Cable]

Haven't posted an update in awhile!


My Ryusen maple getting some nice fall color.


The American Beech I collected a few years back


This collected Canadian Hemlock had some health issues this year but is recovering nicely.


The rescued Bloodgood maple from my front yard.


I'm hoping my Ohio Buckeye makes it because the hollow trunk looks awesome. Might be TOO hollow...


The crabapple forest that I got from someone here was eaten by rabbits a couple of years ago and that set it back.


The peve minaret bald cypress documented earlier in this thread.


Love the root over rock look on this trident


My collected eastern white pine


50 year old yamadori ponderosa pine from Golden Arrow


My first bonsai that lived, a procumbens nana. A bunch of my trees are showing nitrogen deficiency after too much compost tea last year.



The mugo enci that has made several appearances here.



The shimpaku juniper that I threaded thru a rock. Has been growing wild and will be getting some major work in the spring.


Got this 100 year old douglas fir from Todd Shlaffer last year. It is still recovering from being collected.