Dawn redwood forest

[Hbhaska]

Starting a progression thread on this Dawn redwood forest bonsai. I bought one big one sometime back from a private local seller and I combined that with a bunch of plants I got online. I didn’t think they would go together initially but it turns out they blend in pretty well. I chopped some of the heavy tops and lightly pruned others. Will need to repot come spring 2024.

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I also removed some of the doublet primaries. Towards the top took the thicker ones off and at the bottom, took the weaker ones off. Here’s an example -

 

[snowman04]

Off to a real nice start!

 

[czaczaja]

Amazing collection. I fell in love with redwoods recently. Any idea on the age?

 

[Adamski77]

Nice start... I also have forest which is combination of redwood and golden larch... I think it was a mistake to mix the two as growth pattern/speed is dramatically different... but we'll see. Yours seem to be older than mine... but I did wire for some movement... not exactly how they grow in nature.