The 2024 Yamadori/Collecting Thread

[Gio_TYBG]

Red Spruce collection in New Hampshire Thanksgiving weekend. Now recovering in a heating bed at Dogwood Studios, NC. There was more captivating material at this location, but this was my first "yama" instead of "yarda" dori, and I wanted a "proof of concept" I could do a successful collection there.
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Man that’s sick.. what’s the elevation / mountain range like you’re at?

 

[DogwoodApprentice]

Man that’s sick.. what’s the elevation / mountain range like you’re at?

Collected at about 1000m. Housed at about 300m. Pushing right along with the rest in our spruce row where afternoon shade is priority.

 

[snowman04]

Collected at about 1000m. Housed at about 300m. Pushing right along with the rest in our spruce row where afternoon shade is priority.

Awesome tree! Greater achievement...

 

[flathead_valley_bonsai]

Plucked a really nice Douglas fir off a cliff today, around 4000ft elevation. It’s been a warm spring up here and soils are thawing out. Was able to get a good portion of the rootball, though it was concentrated off to one side (hence the shape of the training box). Hoping this pulls through, as I think it has great potential with a natural bend in the trunk and great bark. I’ve got it in a mix of about 70% pumice, 10% lava rock, 10% akadama, and 10% shredded sphagnum moss. I’ve since mulched the tree into my overwintering area, sheltered from wind and in shade save for the early morning sun. Fingers crossed!

 

[Frozentreehugger]

Red Spruce collection in New Hampshire Thanksgiving weekend. Now recovering in a heating bed at Dogwood Studios, NC. There was more captivating material at this location, but this was my first "yama" instead of "yarda" dori, and I wanted a "proof of concept" I could do a successful collection there.
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Very nice . Spruce are so tough it’s hard to find . Conditions that dwarf them . Very nice red . Myself I keep looking . Living in Ontario . It’s plenty cold . But there is next to no elevation . Have to go further north . For black I assume . Anybody that has seen a red forest . Can understand they will make great bonsai . Best of luck