First steps to a spruce cascade

Marco, how do you manage the buds? Do you cut them all off each spring/winter to keep the growth close to the tree, or what exactly?

Love the cascade btw Cool tree.

How was the pot made? Could you fire it in a pit kiln and harden it up?

How's the tree looking these days?

With spruce tendancy to bounce back after wireing and strong verticle growth habit, have you had issues keeping this tree in the cascade style? Looks nice.

That looks very dramatic, very nice!

Fore wrote:Marco, how do you manage the buds?  Do you cut them all off each spring/winter to keep the growth close to the tree, or what exactly?

"Fore", I let the tree grow free in spring and feed him well. So my intention is to get the tree very strong an healthy. When I cut the new growth in summer, the tree makes a lot of new buds back in the old wood. So I can get it more compact within a few years.

"Jason_mazzy", the pot is made of concrete, unfortunately a not frost resistent one, so no chance to harden it up.

"Hawthorn" the apical dominance of a spruce is the reason why I created this upright treetop, also its a cascade. Not only for practical reasons but also the tree should express some typical characteristics of a spruce. And a cascade with an only downward bended crown is not typical for a spruce.

Regards,
Marco

Thank You Marco!

So rarely see people working on cascades

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maybe just the lower foliage pads only.

Actually a very nice a believable cascade. Nicely done.

Hi Marco, this is beautiful and realistic,
I want to grow a bonsai in cascade style, your advice
for me,on styling the trunk and anything else? I would feel like cleared from the misty ideas, if you did.

Thank you and Regards,
Sarbesh.

fabulous tree pot combination the tree is snuggled in beautifuly just like is would be in a mountain side

I'm not crazy about the style or the species, but I have to pay homage to the patience and skill that took this tree from a death sentence to a first class bonsai. I'm jealous!