Deodar cedar

[Hbhaska]

New acquisition: deodar cedar.

Chopped the top and wired a new leader in its place for now. Trimmed some primaries. Done for now. This is going to be really nice.

 

[Gr8tfuldad]

Nice tree! I picked 1 up 2 years ago from Home Depot during Christmas for $100. It was 6’, but labeled as dwarf topping out at 12’. Anyone ever see dwarf ones?

 

[BonjourBonsai]

Nice tree! I picked 1 up 2 years ago from Home Depot during Christmas for $100. It was 6’, but labeled as dwarf topping out at 12’. Anyone ever see dwarf ones?

12 ft dwarf = jumbo shrimp!

 

[Gr8tfuldad]

12 ft dwarf = jumbo shrimp!

I think they normally go to 60’ otherwise

 

[BonjourBonsai]

It's looking good!

I bought one on sale a few years back thinking it was a good project even though it had no obvious bonsai qualities like taper, curves, branches in the right place. It was essentially a telephone pole but it was on sale and I'm a sucker for a project.

I tried to air layer it. It took a season just to create calluses and a few beginnings of roots. It never made it and the health of the tree declined. I was not the most attentive caretaker.

Yours looks much healthier and has lots more promise. One thing I did learn was the needles don't reduce in size much so a bigger size bonsai is probably a good plan.

 

[PowerTap]

They have time massive ceaders (probably 100 yrs old) at my son's daycare and I've always liked the look of them.

Good luck, and you're made a nice start.