Another Collab Tree: Blue Spruce

[IzzyG]

Original Video of Todd moving tree





Todd had shared a short video of his recently collected trees and i immediate knew this particular spruce was something special. Quick text to him and I sensed a bit of hesitancy about letting the tree go(I had initially inquired on outright acquiring it as a raw tree). So what is a man to do? Fly out and persuade him in person!

Flew out this past Monday and it’s as beautiful as I had assumed from the short video. Todd believes it to be his best collected spruce thus far and based on the purchase requests for the tree(by other Bonsai professionals), many are agreeing with that. However, Todd is wanting to see the tree through its finality and therefore not wanting to let it go. After a bit of a conversation however, I was able to persuade him into a collaboration! Since it’s a recently collected tree, the plan is to let it recover through next year and possibly an initial styling and a spring 2024 repot(assuming everything goes well). I’m definitely looking forward to working with Todd and having a hand in its progress!

 

[BobbyLane]

Ive seen a lot of Todd's work on his FB page over the years, he definitely knows his way around a spruce.

 

[jandslegate]

Very cool!

 

[Colorado]

That is some serious deadwood awesome tree, thanks for sharing!

Looking forward to following this!

 

[Potawatomi13]

Excellent tree. Deserves most respectful, real tree development. Should never be traditional styled.

 

[chicago1980]

Original Video of Todd moving tree


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Todd had shared a short video of his recently collected trees and i immediate knew this particular spruce was something special. Quick text to him and I sensed a bit of hesitancy about letting the tree go(I had initially inquired on outright acquiring it as a raw tree). So what is a man to do? Fly out and persuade him in person!

Flew out this past Monday and it’s as beautiful as I had assumed from the short video. Todd believes it to be his best collected spruce thus far and based on the purchase requests for the tree(by other Bonsai professionals), many are agreeing with that. However, Todd is wanting to see the tree through its finality and therefore not wanting to let it go. After a bit of a conversation however, I was able to persuade him into a collaboration! Since it’s a recently collected tree, the plan is to let it recover through next year and possibly an initial styling and a spring 2024 repot(assuming everything goes well). I’m definitely looking forward to working with Todd and having a hand in its progress!View attachment 465441

By far my favorite artist to work with on bonsai.