Sym
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red cedar bonsai

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Red Cedar this was a picture from about a year or so I will try to get a current pic.. I wanna do a canopy style bonsai and I need some ideas of what to do next..

tomc
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I'm thinking you may want to try and develop a juniper or an upright yew (makes a bigger tree).

If the shape you are seeking is an umble. Have you looked at an acacia, creosote, or Texas ebony?

Thuja (white cedar) has a hand shaped compound leaf that doesn't (for me at least) prune back well.

I'm stumped on how to recommend a way to manage thuja.

I am not the sharpest tack in the box, I just love my tree babies.

Sym
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I'm thinking you may want to try and develop a juniper or an upright yew (makes a bigger tree).
thanks for the insight.. I think I may look into that Texas Ebony.. Beautiful tree..
I have been reluctant to actually buy trees until I get my technique down. This is why I venture the red cedar.... already have it.
That said, I have a couple of privets that will be stunning in the coming years.

tomc
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If buying trees are outside your budget, buy some seed for TX ebony.

(Pithecellobium flexicaule)
Sorry I flunked Latin.

K13
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I have a bunch of red cedar saplings all over my yard, in fact I have 3 I have been shape playing for the past 2 years.
I like the lil buggers, and there is a lot around here to make nice test subjects.... BUT , as soon as I dig them up they die. I cant
Get any conifer to live after I harvest them . I wont buy a friend if I cant get a free one to live. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Heck, if ya want a few I wont mind sending some on a journey . Besides the ones I have picked out for projects, I know I have at least 10 -15 along my fence alone.
I say between 3" and 10". Let me know

A. Sears
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Eastern red cedar are easy to collect in winter. Save some of the soil around the rootball. They are very good for bonsai even in clay soil. I like to train them in north fort island pine style.

K13
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This is the 2nd time I have heard of the winter harvest thing, would you happen know why? Thats seems odd that every other tree is a spring time thing.
I apologize for my lack of knowledge, anything I learn is completely off the Internet. No one around these parts even know what bonsai is. I personally have completely fallin in love with it.
Literally, I can't find nothing of this world. After a year of searching, I found 2 small pots. Day by day.
Thanks for listening

A. Sears
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Winter collection and root pruning is best done in winter when the sap stops flowing and the plant is dormant. It will get your success rate up to almost 100 %

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