Large Bald Cypress

[GroveBonsai]

Bought this beauty today from Dragontree in Palm City Florida. I am SO excited about this tree. I live in New York and the tree is from South Florida so it will stay in Florida until April (after the winters worst has passed), when I will bring it up to New York and start working on it. I hope to create a powerful flat top style Cypress out of it.

 

[GroveBonsai]

Continued some work on it today. I didn’t work the top because it will be traveling in a car at the end of the month and in order to fit the top needs to be a little flexible. And/or i might need to cut about an inch more if it doesn’t fit.

I’ll clean that chop (hollow out a bit) in the future when i can get my hands on a dremel.

 

[GroveBonsai]

Ok. ?? i won’t touch this again for a while. I just couldn’t sleep last night and was looking at this tree. In my mind i had done a flat top but in reality i had made a “Christmas tree” so i went out this morning and fixed it. Oh and i did a test fitting in the car and it FITS! it’s perfect. It’s ready for its trek north at the end of the month.

 

[rockm]

What are your winter storage plans for this tree?

 

[GroveBonsai]

I have an unheated sunroom in Weehawken NJ. I plan on keeping it in there and monitoring the temp to keep it cool but not freezing. I’ll keep it in there till probably late March-mid April when the threat of freeze is gone. This is my first winter with trees in the north so I’m learning.

 

[GroveBonsai]

Just an update on this BC

 

[Giga]

not to bad - I would of added a bit more movement in the main branches as they are a bit bar branches right now. Though you can cut back hard next year to fix it

 

[GroveBonsai]

I thought this cypress would definitely be the first to show color for me this fall (being a Florida transplant) but it’s actually the last one to be changing. I love this tree and i can’t wait to see its winter silhouette.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

very nice start

 

[GroveBonsai]

very nice start

Thank you!

 

[Native Tree12]

Nice looking

Yes watch your winter temps

 

[GroveBonsai]

A fall image of this tree taken a week ago. I also did some wiring today to define the spread on the flat top.

 

[coh]

Coming along very nicely! Love the tapering lower trunk. What is the height - I'm estimating a bit over 33" based on the beer can.

Have one in the ground that I'm planning to develop in a similar way. Will be following this one.

 

[GroveBonsai]

Coming along very nicely! Love the tapering lower trunk. What is the height - I'm estimating a bit over 33" based on the beer can.

Have one in the ground that I'm planning to develop in a similar way. Will be following this one.

Wow, really good guess. Thank you. Yes it’s 34 inches from soil line to top. The base is 10” across.

 

[GroveBonsai]

Bald Cypress had some adjustments made over the last growing season. I wanted to go from a “Y” flat top, to a more “cow paddy” pancake flat top with a slight apex.
I started over with this summer. Here is where it is now

 

[62veedub]

Coming along nicely! Keep updating, it’s fun to see the progress

 

[cockroach]

I really like the base. Reminds me of an elephant's foot.

 

[Colorado]

This is the first I have heard of the “cow paddy” style of bonsai?

In any event, tree looks good! Although...I’m still not seeing the cow patty...for better or worse..

 

[GroveBonsai]

Haha. Some people say foliage pads. I guess a say cow patties. I’ve learned something about myself!
See it now?!

This is the first I have heard of the “cow paddy” style of bonsai?

In any event, tree looks good! Although...I’m still not seeing the cow patty...for better or worse..