Sequoia Sempervirens - Coast Redwood
- alpineart
- Aussie Bonsai Fan
- Posts: 4737
- Joined: July 14th, 2009, 9:04 pm
- Favorite Species: Pinus Maples
- Bonsai Age: 26
- Bonsai Club: Ausbonsai
- Location: Myrtleford VIC
- Has thanked: 5 times
- Been thanked: 153 times
- Contact:
Sequoia Sempervirens - Coast Redwood
This was collected a few years ago and planted out in the garden
Getting it out of the ground will take months as the root mass is around 2-3metres in diameter , an axe and shovel will take care of those issues .
The finished trunk is 950mm high ,the base is 250mm at ground level with slight movement and some good taper hacked into it
Cheers . Alpineart
, unfortunately it has to go being over 4 metres high . A bit of a trim then off with its head Rather than waste a good trunk I have hacked and chopped it , then ripped and tore the meat off the bones to produce a nice rather large trainer . That was 45 minutes of fun for the day , now I'm definitely in trouble with the wife Getting it out of the ground will take months as the root mass is around 2-3metres in diameter , an axe and shovel will take care of those issues .
The finished trunk is 950mm high ,the base is 250mm at ground level with slight movement and some good taper hacked into it
Cheers . Alpineart
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
-
- Aussie Bonsai Fan
- Posts: 426
- Joined: March 17th, 2016, 6:10 am
- Favorite Species: Maple
- Bonsai Age: 15
- Location: Melbourne
- Has thanked: 28 times
- Been thanked: 42 times
Re: Sequoia Sempervirens - Coast Redwood
That's is a great progression in such a short time. It's given me ideas for my Juniper now. Was grappling with the idea of taper on a straight trunk
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Newbie
- alpineart
- Aussie Bonsai Fan
- Posts: 4737
- Joined: July 14th, 2009, 9:04 pm
- Favorite Species: Pinus Maples
- Bonsai Age: 26
- Bonsai Club: Ausbonsai
- Location: Myrtleford VIC
- Has thanked: 5 times
- Been thanked: 153 times
- Contact:
Re: Sequoia Sempervirens - Coast Redwood
Hi Akhi , mate it was a good fun project , taper can be either real as in the deadwood or an illusion as in 'v' cutting bark creating an illusion of taper and movement .
Cheers Alpineart
Cheers Alpineart
- fishnfreak
- Aussie Bonsai Fan
- Posts: 98
- Joined: March 27th, 2016, 1:25 pm
- Bonsai Age: 1
- Location: Gawler, SA
- Been thanked: 1 time
Re: Sequoia Sempervirens - Coast Redwood
id love to see a 'virt' of your plan
Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
- melbrackstone
- Aussie Bonsai Fan
- Posts: 3473
- Joined: December 15th, 2015, 8:05 pm
- Favorite Species: the ones that live
- Bonsai Age: 28
- Bonsai Club: Redlands, BIMER, VNBC
- Location: Brisbane
- Has thanked: 1217 times
- Been thanked: 741 times
- Contact:
- alpineart
- Aussie Bonsai Fan
- Posts: 4737
- Joined: July 14th, 2009, 9:04 pm
- Favorite Species: Pinus Maples
- Bonsai Age: 26
- Bonsai Club: Ausbonsai
- Location: Myrtleford VIC
- Has thanked: 5 times
- Been thanked: 153 times
- Contact:
Re: Sequoia Sempervirens - Coast Redwood
Hi fishnfreak , something along this line is the plan but that can change
Cheers . Alpine
Hi Mel' , my wife had a few more words than that after she spotted the trunk .Cheers . Alpine
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
- alpineart
- Aussie Bonsai Fan
- Posts: 4737
- Joined: July 14th, 2009, 9:04 pm
- Favorite Species: Pinus Maples
- Bonsai Age: 26
- Bonsai Club: Ausbonsai
- Location: Myrtleford VIC
- Has thanked: 5 times
- Been thanked: 153 times
- Contact:
Re: Sequoia Sempervirens - Coast Redwood
Hi no idea , mate its not fear , its the challenge itself , I just love hacking and chopping big material . I could have dug the little clump style trunk not but that wasn't much of a challenge ..
Cheers . Alpine
Cheers . Alpine
- alpineart
- Aussie Bonsai Fan
- Posts: 4737
- Joined: July 14th, 2009, 9:04 pm
- Favorite Species: Pinus Maples
- Bonsai Age: 26
- Bonsai Club: Ausbonsai
- Location: Myrtleford VIC
- Has thanked: 5 times
- Been thanked: 153 times
- Contact:
Re: Sequoia Sempervirens - Coast Redwood
With too much spare time and plenty to do i have finally decided to do some work on my neglected stock . I haven't touch any tree's here for over 6 months so its now or never .
Cheers Alpineart
The base is 300 x250 and stands 950 high to the top of the jin , its not the finished design just keeping it alive .Cheers Alpineart
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
- MJL
- Aussie Bonsai Fan
- Posts: 2840
- Joined: October 26th, 2014, 8:47 pm
- Favorite Species: Maples, Elms, Cedars and Pines
- Bonsai Age: 7
- Bonsai Club: Waverley Bonsai Group & Yarra Valley Bonsai Society
- Location: Melbourne
- Has thanked: 424 times
- Been thanked: 643 times
Re: Sequoia Sempervirens - Coast Redwood
Alpineart... please take this next comment in the good nature that it is meant.
You're taking the P!5S ... I mean this thread and your vision is (f-bomb) audacious.
I'm with MelB.... "Crikey"!
You're taking the P!5S ... I mean this thread and your vision is (f-bomb) audacious.
I'm with MelB.... "Crikey"!
Tending bonsai teaches me patience.
- Thymetraveller
- Aussie Bonsai Fan
- Posts: 297
- Joined: November 14th, 2015, 2:43 pm
- Favorite Species: Trees!
- Bonsai Age: 6
- Location: Hornsby NSW
- Been thanked: 2 times
- Contact:
- alpineart
- Aussie Bonsai Fan
- Posts: 4737
- Joined: July 14th, 2009, 9:04 pm
- Favorite Species: Pinus Maples
- Bonsai Age: 26
- Bonsai Club: Ausbonsai
- Location: Myrtleford VIC
- Has thanked: 5 times
- Been thanked: 153 times
- Contact:
Re: Sequoia Sempervirens - Coast Redwood
Hi MJL , Its the easy part that's the fun , now the serious side starts , keeping it alive and moving it
Hi Thymetraveller its a big bugger that's for sure , slip potting it down into a smaller pot in a year or two will be the challenge .
Cheers . Alpine
Hi Thymetraveller its a big bugger that's for sure , slip potting it down into a smaller pot in a year or two will be the challenge .
Cheers . Alpine
- fishnfreak
- Aussie Bonsai Fan
- Posts: 98
- Joined: March 27th, 2016, 1:25 pm
- Bonsai Age: 1
- Location: Gawler, SA
- Been thanked: 1 time
Re: Sequoia Sempervirens - Coast Redwood
are these species easy to find?
Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk
- alpineart
- Aussie Bonsai Fan
- Posts: 4737
- Joined: July 14th, 2009, 9:04 pm
- Favorite Species: Pinus Maples
- Bonsai Age: 26
- Bonsai Club: Ausbonsai
- Location: Myrtleford VIC
- Has thanked: 5 times
- Been thanked: 153 times
- Contact:
Re: Sequoia Sempervirens - Coast Redwood
Hi fishnfreak , mate these came from a test plot in the N.E Victoria region . Only 1 tree in the entire 5 acre plot actually produced self sown seedlings . Not easy to find in a nursery and not sure if the Beechworth bush fire a few years ago destroyed the plot as the Douglas Fir test plot was burnt and completely destroyed which was bordering the Redwoods .
Cheers . Alpine
Cheers . Alpine