Taxodium Distichum

Hi IBC,
The Taxodium on rock in weeping style is about ten years young. Stands 17 inches tall on the rock and is 18 inches wide. Has been partially defoliated and has started budding now that the spring is here.


Suggestions and comments welcome.
Regards,
Mohan.

You have a very nice looking tree there!! I love the pot you have it in....what is in the middle of the top branches????if it is jin,,my opion only,,i would remove it..nice tree and pot...take care john

Mohan,

18 inches and with well decided branches, full marks! Also a first, seeing a Swamp Cypress on a rock.
Thanks for taking the time to show.
Khaimraj

Hi Mohan,
Exceptional styling for a Taxodium, how you came about this solution?
I love that soft green foliage of them.
Mine is with his feet in the pond, standing in a pond basket, i can however not feed him because of the Koi.
They tolerate no such thing as plant feed in the water.
regards, Sunip

Unusual style for a Taxodium but I like it. It looks like a natural tree.

John,
Thanks for your comments. It is a leaf below the jinned apex. It does look odd. Wish i had removed it before photographing the tree. The pot is by Panditji of Mumbai, India.

Khaimraj,
Am glad that you liked the tree and the unusual style for a Swamp Cypress. Thanks for your comments.

Bob,
Thank you for the appreciation.

Sunip,
Swamp Cypress is invariably styled as formal upright and the famous Flat Top style of Vaughn Banting. Feel that formal upright style is restrictive and more suited for grouped plantings. I am partial to Informal upright style, as i strongly feel that it has more character and provides additional scope and freedom to the bonsaist. The tree being in weeping style, has been planted on a rock to allow the long compound leaves to hang freely without having to increase the height of the tree. Thank you.

Thank you all. Sure appreciate your encouraging comments.
Regards,
Mohan.

How long did you have to keep the wiring in place to assure the downward weeping effect?

I have tried that and found that the branches usually spring right back after removing the wire

Very visually pleasing and unique tree

Thanks for posting

The pot is by Panditji of Mumbai, India.

I like the pot, but think it is a bit too large for the tree.

Gandalph . . . BC branches have a very long memory. I've found that you need to wire loosely and keep it on for at least a year.

Gandalph,
Jim is right. They are a stubborn lot and more so when they are required to be bent almost vertically down for the weeping style. Removed the wires after about a year to avoid marking the tree and then held the branches down with guy wires till they behaved. In fact, you can see couple of them still on the tree. Thanks.

Jim,
Glad you like the pot. The tree...

Thank you Gandalph and Jim.
Mohan.

Hi Mohan,
I grow vertical branches on Taxodium by bending them vertical in the very first beginning.
They are however extremely delicate at that stage.
Wiring them with the thinnest wire with considerable care, i have a good vertical base at the branch.
regards, Sunip

Sunip,
Thanks.
Mohan.

Jim,
Glad you like the pot. The tree... :?:

The tree is fine. I've lived so long where these things grow naturally that the idea of a bald cypress perched up on a rock is rather startling.

Good work, I like it

Pongsatorn,

Thank you.

Regards,

Mohan.