bisco_bonsai

This thread is only for those of you out there who have been experienced with atlas cedars for bonsai. I have a very short list of trees I would love to have for bonsai. I have made this list after years of viewing bonsai, and with the realization that the only way I can have bonsai that satisfy me is to have reduced quantiy and improved quality. And I'm talking under ten people. My eventual goal is to have around ten high quality bonsai that I can be proud of and that spands the range of genera suitable for bonsai. Anyway, I've been purchasing quality stock on a yearly basis, and last year I finally got a nice trident maple stump that I look forward to working on over the years. I would like the tree I buy to work on this year to be a cedar, but I have had a hard time finding quality information on how to train this species. I don't even know how they will react to being cut back hard. My goal would be to buy a large stump with some small lower braches from a large landscaping nursery, but I don't know if I should buy one all ready prepped for bonsai use. With the latter, I know I would have to spend a great deal of money, so hopfully these trees can be trained from stump. Anyway, If anyone experienced with cedars for bonsai could give me some information (or point me to a pertinant article) it would be much appreciated.

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