Hinoki Cypress No. 1

[Shogun610]

After a failed attempt earlier in with Hinoki cypress , always wanted to find a tall old trunk that could be styled as a bunjin , alpine style. I found this Hinoki today at an older nursery that had a few good hinokis grown by cutting . This is a wells select cultivar . Bob had Suthin at the studio for a visiting artist workshop , later on in the day he carved out some time for his crew to work with Suthin on a tree.
Here is end result, will sit in shaded area with most until I see new growth. Pretty happy with initial design.

 

[Shogun610]

I’m going to name this the little Hinoki that could.. because this other customer leaving the morning class laughed at the tree and called it s beanpole .. he wasn’t laughing when I started working on it

 

[Hartinez]

Nice one bro. @johng has one similar and I just love this taller more feminine style

 

[Shogun610]

Nice one bro. @johng has one similar and I just love this taller more feminine style

Thank you , I’m looking forward to this one progress and the apex develop more triangularly

 

[Shogun610]

I’m sorry to bump my own thread but I took black drop pictures in so ocd with that now.

 

[Hartinez]

I’m sorry to bump my own thread but I took black drop pictures in so ocd with that now.
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Don’t apologize! Gotta show these things in the best way possible! Also, a little unsolicited advice. Wire those Jin in the lower trunk down, so they harden that way. Seeing them grow up is counter productive to the image, with all of the living stuff pulled down.

 

[Shogun610]

I did not wire down the Jin’s yet keep forgetting aaaahhh… mañana… but all the pads are now showing new green growth.

 

[Hartinez]

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I did not wire down the Jin’s yet keep forgetting aaaahhh… mañana… but all the pads are now showing new green growth.

Gonna be a dope tree in the right pot.

 

[Shogun610]

Gonna be a dope tree in the right pot.

Yeah!!! About that I was leaning toward a shallow rectangle or a round literati pot but alas … it may need a season or 2 in a training pot due to size of root ball

 

[Hartinez]

Yeah!!! About that I was leaning toward a shallow rectangle or a round literati pot but alas … it may need a season or 2 in a training pot due to size of root ball

You’d be surprised. But I’d also err on the side of caution.

 

[Hartinez]

Read this article James. I treated my Hinoki almost exactly as suggested. Bare rooted and all.

Taming the "Hinoki" Cypress

Chamecyparis Obtusa "Nana Gracilis" The Hinoki cyprees has long been a favourite of mine for bonsai culture. C. Obtusa is the easiest false ...

bonsaiwonders-art.blogspot.com

 

[Shogun610]

You’d be surprised. But I’d also err on the side of caution.

Trying to go for this type of look w a pot ..

 

[BrightsideB]

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Trying to go for this type of look w a pot ..

I really like the bottom one! I’m doing something similar with a hinoki as well. No branches on half the trunk but was on discount rack. I think they look great as bunjin bonsai.

 

[Hartinez]

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The second one for sure. Big lip would be very cool. I wonder if you could get someone to make you a round with a big lip and cloud feet? Ahem @Colorado

 

[Colorado]

The second one for sure. Big lip would be very cool. I wonder if you could get someone to make you a round with a big lip and cloud feet? Ahem @Colorado

hopefully going to get my kiln back up and running soon

 

[Shogun610]

Temporary grow pot for now

 

[Hartinez]

Temporary grow pot for now

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Looking healthy for sure bro. How does the growth seem at the tips? While I know it’s in development, you’re still gonna want to give it a few trims to keep the foliage close to the trunk.

 

[Shogun610]

Looking healthy for sure bro. How does the growth seem at the tips? While I know it’s in development, you’re still gonna want to give it a few trims to keep the foliage close to the trunk.

It’s good I did trim today and a jelly I’ve been pinching it at the tips

 

[Matt3839]

Nice looking tree. Do you have a before -photo of the tree before the workshop? Curious to see. How much foliage did you remove do you estimate?

 

[Shogun610]