Thuja occidentalis #9
This little thuja was put into a nice Shibakatsu pot last week. This is one of my favorite pots and it suits the tree better than I expected. The major work on this tree is now done – both above and below ground. Now it is just a matter of pruning and pinching to develop the foliage pads. As I refine the foliage, I will slowly scrape the dead bark of the old top jin while trying to maintain the detail of the deadwood. This will be a slow process.
May 2013
Summer 2012
Spring 2011 as collected.
Very cool tree! You have a lot of nice collected trees, though I am partial to the larches.
May 16, 2013 at 5:17 pm
Thanks!
May 16, 2013 at 6:03 pm
I wouldn’t put newly collected trees in your bowl of cereal, I not sure the roots would like
Cocco Puffs.
May 16, 2013 at 5:42 pm
Hah! I’ve come to think that akadama looks like dog food, but now all I see is a bowl of cocoa puffs.
May 16, 2013 at 6:04 pm