Cedrus brevifolia

[treeman]

The best species for bonsai without doubt. This one was not grafted by me. It was just a stock plant that nobody really wanted. There was quite a gap at the nebari which was very distracting to the eye so I forced in another smaller specimen to take up the gap. It's the same clone as the larger tree but not established yet so the foliage looks a little rough at the moment. You have to picture it with foliage matching with the other one.
The shari on the main trunk was added to hide the rather high graft point. No doubt the smaller tree will need a matching scar too eventually?
Opinions?

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The second tree:

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Top part:

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[Webos]

"Best species for bonsai without doubt". I'd love to hear your reasons for such high praise. I've never grown cedars, please tell me more.

Thanks

Adam

[Gerard]

I agree Mike, it is a wonderful species.
The smaller tree looks a bit too powerful at this stage with a similar girth to the main trunk. I think your plan for a shari will overcome this and I look foreward to seeing it in the future.

[treeman]

"Best species for bonsai without doubt". I'd love to hear your reasons for such high praise. I've never grown cedars, please tell me more.

Thanks

Adam

It's actually now Cedrus libani subspecies brevifolia. (I think) It is slower growing than deodara (by far) and the others. It has very short needles (=brevifolia) which never vary in size. It always looks neat and compact even after repotting. The branches tend to show a lot more character earlier than the other species. You can use it for any size tree including minatures. It's much easier to get a ''tree'' image with it.

[treeman]

I agree Mike, it is a wonderful species.
The smaller tree looks a bit too powerful at this stage with a similar girth to the main trunk. I think your plan for a shari will overcome this and I look foreward to seeing it in the future.

Thanks Gerard. Interesting observation. I agree. I do think that with a little scaring and the fact that the larger tree should theoretically put on trunk caliper faster, as it has more mass, should help..

[srini]

Awesome work treeman, really like it alot!

[longd_au]

I think adding the little fella on the bottom is a really smart idea and works really well to fix the shortfall.