Tag: progression
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Larch Fest Continues — Patience Pays Off
A few years ago , three to be precise, I took a workshop with renowned Canadian collector David Easterbrook at the PNBCA convention in Vancouver, BC. He was working with some American Larch (larix larcinia) that he had collected in the wilds of Canada and I took the opportunity to acquire one of these special […]
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Clearly it’s Larch fest…
I adore Larches… the first time I found out a conifer could blow it’s needles and enjoy a winter silhouette I was hooked. Then I saw the Nick Lenz Larches at the Pacific Rim… one of which ranks as one of my favorite bonsai of all time. There’s something so perfect in being able to […]
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Return of the Larix
As you might remember from Arrival of a Larix we received this larch some time ago. I finally decided to set out to work on it this Saturday as it was a nice day out and this guy was just looking like he needed some attention. The first order of business was to begin working on […]
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The Taming of the Hornbeam
How fitting that the last image in the previous post be of the tree in this one. We didn’t plan it that way… I promise! Creating that essence of age that we strive for in deciduous material is a combination of several tasks over the course of many years. In the early years it is […]
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Arrival of a Larix
Today our good friend John Conn delivered a tree to us that we had recently purchased. It happened by chance that he would be at the nursery where the tree was and he was kind enough to offer to bring it with him upon his return. Just today the tree was dropped off and we […]
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A silver lining for a yellow cedar
Since my friend grouper52 suggested that I post some pictures of the AYC (Alaskan Yellow Cedar – Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) I have been working on I decided I would take him up on that. I got my wife to take some pictures of its current state