My thuja smaragd

Hi, I would like to introduce to you my thuja smaragd. It took me 4 yrt to get to this point. The whole story is on my blog.

2006


2010

Hi Nik,I made a virtual with some little changes on the tree.
I hope you don't mind
Greetings Ed

I like it the way it is, Nik - very dramatic.

Dave

I don't mind Ed. But I will keep it as it is - if you don't mint

Dave, thanx for the compliment.

Hi Nik,
I like it as it reminds me of the Alaskan Cedars (Nootka Cypress = Callitropsis nootkatensis), we have around us....as shown below.
Cheers G.
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G'day Nik...

To me, it looks like Ma'Nature had a Hand in the design...outstanding work my friend...

I gives me an idea (on a much smaller scale) of what to so with a Thuja I have in a one gallon nursery can...

Thank you Nik...

Pat…mounted on my trusty stead, riding off wildly in all directions…

Hi Nik. I too like this tree at the height it is - mostly because it reminds me of trees similar to those in gman's post.

Who made the pot?

Thank you all for your compliments.

fiona wrote:Who made the pot?

I don't know actually. On the bottom of the pot there is a signiture written it Japaneese fonds, so I can't read it. I can take a photo of it and show it to you if anyone recognizes it.

2010
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I really like this. Excellent work!

Here's the signiture under the pot. Anyone recognizes it?

For beginners unfamiliar with this cultivar, it is Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd,' northern white cedar or arborvitae. It is sold in this country in every garden center where it could possibly grow, as 'Emerald,' which is the English translation. Collected arborvitae are popular with bonsai artists in the Northeast, but this cultivar is a great improvement on the native form. The foliage is more dense, it is more compact growing, & doesn't turn color in the winter. It is sterile, & doesn't get cluttered up with cones or scatter seedlings around. I have a row of them in the back of my garden. At least around here, it has no pests or diseases. So all you city dwellers who are looking for material, take some inspiration from Nik.
Iris

Nik,

The pot you are asking about was made by the Yama-Aki kiln.

Kind regards,
Jose Luis

Iris, thank you for the kind words.

jrodriguez wrote:The pot you are asking about was made by the Yama-Aki kiln.

Thank you for the info Jose.

Very nice indeed Nik !

How did you make the holes on the trunk,and get then to look so natural?

bonsainotwar wrote:How did you make the holes on the trunk,and get then to look so natural?

With menny hours of grinding work.

Here is an update on my thuja. The wire is already biting into the branches.

There. Wired for the second time and ready to be exhibited.

Looks great Nik, thanks for the update.

Hi Nik,

I see a little foliage creeping around to the right side of the trunk. Are you planning to extend into this area. This might add further depth to the image.



Thanks for the update.

Ian Young wrote:Hi Nik,

I see a little foliage creeping around to the right side of the trunk. Are you planning to extend into this area. This might add further depth to the image.

Thanks for the update.

That's right Ian. As you can see in the previous pictures there is still no foilage on the right side of the trunk. So I left a branch at the back to grow. And it's still growing. I plan to grow it still a bit.

Here is an update of the thuja. It has been exhibited at the Bonsaiautumn 7 this past weekend.

Somebody mentioned "Callitropsis nootkatensis."
Xanthocyparis nootkatensis (D.Don) Farjon & D.K.Harder is the accepted name.
A new one on me, too.
Iris

The thuja (the english name for it is eastern hemlock as I found out) was on two more exhibitions. It was exhibited at the last EBA in Germany.



And at a local Austrian exhibition, where it was declered for the best tree on the exhibition by all the visitors (by voting).

Hi Nik,

Your Thuja occidentalis 'smaragd' is called "Eastern White Cedar" in english, or "Arborvitae".

Eastern hemlock is Tsuga canadensis, not Thuja. Not that it matters, but I thought you may like to know this.

Excellent work on the deadwood, and congratulations on the quick delelopment to exhibition.