bald cypress

A select few bonsai artists have historically made huge advancements in botany, forestry, and urban ecology. I'd love to meet any interesting people like that, so let's focus our energy there. I live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. If you are new to ecology, you may not have heard of the Exxon oil...

A few years ago my neighbor gave me a large 100 gallon pond tub/tank. I just stuck it into my storage shed until this year. I normally keep all my BC in water trays during the spring, summer and fall, and on the ground during the winter in zone 7b/8a (central Arkansas). This year I dug this...

Hi folks. I have been having this needle issue with most of my Bald Cypress since mid summer this year and am not sure what it is or how to treat it. The needles take on this rusted look then end up drying up and falling off. Are any of you familiar with this needle problem and a solution for...

Going to try to propagate a Bald Cypress from cuttings using hormone powder. This is the tree, that I am going to try to grow from cuttings and seeds.

Made a trip to my favorite bonsai nursery today. They have some Bald Cypress collected in S.E. Virginia. Nice trees. They also had a Peve Minaret cultivar they found in a local nursery. It's the largest I've ever seen--about five inches at soil level. The graft union is almost invisible...

Hi all. I noticed there were a few folks on Bonsainut that sold bald cypress with incredible buttressing. I am unable to message these users due to a limitation on new accounts, and I was wondering if any of you are still in the business of selling these trees. Let me know if you need any...

As you can see from my previous posts in this forum last September, I had picked up two severely distressed bald cypresses from a local nursery for a song. Thanks to all who gave me such excellent advice on how to revitalize them! ( Place them in morning sun, and leave them alone thru the...

Looking for advice on carving for an upright style bald cypress/leader branch selection. It seems all other potential leaders are removed besides the main but I’d like to make sure before doing so. I’ve also heard the leader should be roughly 1/3 the diameter of the trunk and straight. My...

My first Bald Cypress/yamadori. This will be a progressional thread starting with collection.

One good part of the cold snap was the chance to take a photo of the BC’s I’ve collected this season with a better backdrop.

Smaller than my usual but has a cool hollow trunk that can be seen from both sides. Normally I stump cut them but this tree is for my brother (is his 1st bonsai) so letting him make the styling calls and he wants to leave it alone.

This was in clay/shell and hard to dig but reminds me of a mini “twister”. I usually choose trees with pronounced knees but this one only has a couple small ones growing off flutes.

Planning to cut about a foot off the top. Will post updates

Hello, Does this appear to be a bald cypress or a type of redwood? This was in Chicago, zone 6a. Thanks for your input!

Should be fine, not expecting any damage but we’ll see.

Hi! Very new to bonsai. I've got an established shohin Chinese elm that I've been working on. I ran across this bald cypress pre bonsai from someone locally that I'm thinking of picking up. Question: the roots at the bottom that are exposed, will that cause strong nebari? What can I do to help...

Hi - I hope someone with bald cypress expertise can please help me out. I have several pre-bonsai BC trees, and some of them have leaf damage as shown in these pictures. Thinking that mites were the likely cause, I've already sprayed Avid three times about a week apart. Since then, I've seen...

I've got a half dozen bald cypress trees that I repotted and trunk chopped this spring. Five of them are doing great, but one has considerably less vigor than the others. The tree that's lagging behind has weaker growth, plus the terminal bud tips are coming out yellow. It also had the latest...

I had planned to re-pot my bald cypress when I was certain it was coming out of dormancy but as the clock continued to tick, just this evening after work, I slipped it from the pot for a quick look at the roots. Stink-o-rama black root rot layer about a half-inch thick (not pictured). I keep...

If this was your BC would you chop it to create more taper? Just collected it and potted, it’s a little over 2ft tall. Haven’t worked with smaller BC before but wanted to keep it smaller.

Hello, hoping for some advice or even just a diagnosis. I collected two Bald Cypress trees this season. The first tree seems to be doing okay but the larger one I am worried about. It was recommended to me that I not water every day since this can cause root rot. I tried this tactic but the...

Hello, I have had this bald cypress yamadori for about a year and a month now. I let it do its thing for a year and now ready to start guiding it with a design. It just started pushing some buds, so I have a couple of questions. I am doing a flat top design but considering different options...

Hello again from South Florida, I collected a bald cypress today from swamp property a friend owns. I’m new to bonsai and only have one other tree so far, a black olive. I watched videos regarding repotting after wild collection and tried to follow their examples. My soil is a mix of 80/20...

Hi folks - I've got around 20 bald cypress trees that are each two years old. They all get a lot of water (they're currently in shallow tubs). All of them look good except for this one that just took a turn for the worse. I moved it out of the tub for these pictures. Any guess what the...

I finally was able to add a beautiful swamp collected Bald Cypress to my collection all made possible by @Cajunrider. I can't thank him enough for picking a real nice one in my price range and going through the hassle of shipping it out to California for me. Thank you so much Cajunrider! Here...