I've been fairly obsessed with cypress trees since some time last year, especially in terms of use as bonsai material. I'm especially intriged by the idea of layering and grafting to a cypress knee to achieve a really thick trunk with lots of taper in a short time. I guess it's not surprising that i jumped at the chance for a job at our local Cypress Gardens. Now it looks like i'll get the chance to test my idea that if successful, has the potential of producing a really nice tree in a relatively short time; for more info all-be-it outdated you can read
this thread. I typed up a proposal for permission to perform my experiment and have the ok from my supervisor and just have to finalize it with the director of the gardens. Once i begin I intend to put updates with pictures on here as it progresses. I'm hoping to begin next week setting it up. wish me luck.