Sekka Hinoki Cypress

[skippy291]

I just got this Hinoki from Brussel’s Bonsai. I was expecting more of a single trunk and got this one. I don’t know how to style it with 2 trunks. Should I cut the other trunk or just keep it?

 

[0soyoung]

It appears to me that you've got two separable trees. IOW, you could just pop it out of the pot and cut though the roots between and pot it back up as two trees in their individual pots.

On the other hand, there are two classic two trunk sculptural forms, either of which you could choose to pursue:

1. mother-daughter
   1. the mother is the taller tree and leans over the shorter daughter what might be seen as a protective way
2. father-son
   1. the taller father leans away from the shorter son in what might be seen as walking away and maybe expecting the little guy to keep up.

And, of course, you could just chop one or the other away.

 

[skippy291]

Would it be better to put it in a larger pot and let it grow out for a few years? Is it okay to prune it now or should I wait until next spring to do it? Any tips on pruning and caring for it?

 

[sorce]

Quite late to prune.

I'd keep both trunks.
If you can make a good 2 trunker that size it would be impressive.

S

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Sekka is a slow growing Hinoki, style by subtraction. If your plan requires it to grow out here or add a branch there, it will take a long time to grow. That little tree in front of you could be more than 12 years from a cutting, possibly quite a bit more.

I'd go parent-child, two trunk design. The more slender trunk should be one third or two thirds the height, never exactly half the height of the main trunk. Why? Visually it works.

The branches of 'Sekka' tear away from the trunk easily. Only wire late autumn, and be gentle doing wire. I screwed up one of mine with clumbsy fingers & copper wire that had not been annealed sufficiently. It has since perished.

 

[Scooter9166 - 5a]

Any updates on this?

 

[skippy291]

I’ve had it for more than one year now. Inner foliage died last winter in the smaller tree. I’m just leaving it alone and letting it grow. @Scooter9166 - 5a

 

[Decoy Octopus]

Hi @skippy291 -- how has this tree been handling the Houston summers?

 

[Bucky50]

Hi @skippy291 -- how has this tree been handling the Houston summers?

I am interested in this as well