Looking for Good Canadian Hemlock Bonsai Images

kompik

My Google-Fu is falling short tonight. I'm looking for inspiring photographs of ("finished") bonsai made from Canadian Hemlocks, but I can't seem to find anything worthwhile. I either find raw material (pre-bonsai) or images too small to make out any detail. I realize that hemlocks aren't terribly popular bonsai, but surely someone on these forums has one they could show me, or at least point me to a website or book that has good photos. If there is a particular bonsai artist or master who specializes in hemlocks, that would be good to know as well.

[For those interested, I've grown attached to this species because it is one of the few conifers that can really thrive in my shady yard. I've collected an assortment of Canadian Hemlock material of various sizes and forms that I'd like to start working on over the next year or two.]

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Candy_J_Shirey

Kompik:

Does this help?

Collected (2001)Tsuga mertensiana is 21" tall, 25" wide, and 22" deep.

Not quite "finished" but advanced development.

-Candy

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bonsaial1

Here's a nice one

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kompik

Candy, that looks great, thanks! Since you have some experience with hemlocks (more than I do at any rate), what's involved with maintaining those foliage clouds? Do you completely pinch out new growth, and if so, how often? Also, did you bend the trunk or were you lucky enough to find it like that? (And, if you did bend it, how easy/hard was it compared to other trees?)

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kompik

Sure is...is that one of yours?

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Candy_J_Shirey

You are jumping to conclusions. This is my only hemlock and I have only had it a short time. I keep it in sun and give it a lot of water (I do not let it get dry at all).



My understanding is that hemlocks are flexible. In nature, they can be subject to heavy snowfall without breaking and they also can be manipulated to a large degree.

-Candy