Yamadori at Christmas Tree Farm

Skywriting

I live about a half mile from a Christmas tree farm and they sell live trees. I had sent a message to one of the forum members that is very heavy into yamadori but have not recieved an answer. What are some of the things that I should look for. The owner has given permission to look over his fields. They grow a wide varity of pine and we have lots of deer in are area that he informs me are very fond of some of the trees.

Any guidance in this area would be apprciated.

Thanks

Bob

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soonami

nice thick trunk, even rootage and low branches with green on them

BrianBay9

You probably should anticipate ripping the top off - maybe pealing it down one side - and using one of the lower branches as a new top in some way.

Brian

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Skywriting

Thank you for the help and I will keep you informed if I find anything worth retrival.

Vance Wood

Usually the term Yamadori is applied to those trees found in nature that have been beaten up, abused, and styled by mother nature. A tree found at a Christmas tree farm is not exactly a Yamadore. That does not make it a bad tree though. If you go to my gallery I have a Colorado Blue Spruce posted there that was harvested from a Christmas tree farm.

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Skywriting

To meet you defination of yamadori no tree planted by man can be yamadori. If this is the case many collected trees are not yamadori. I then stand corrected and forgive me for not be eco correct!!!!!!!

Vance Wood

Your reply has the sound of being miffed. I'm sorry if you think I was getting on your case, that was not my intent. My intent was to inform. Yamadori trees are (at least from my understanding of the term) as I described. My tree and your tree would be feral trees; domestic trees gone wild. Actually some of the best bonsai I have seen in this country are feral trees abandoned in old landscapes or just out of control and being removed. Bruce Baker from Ann Arbor Michigan specializes in this kind of material, specifically Yews. He does some of the most beautiful work you could ever want to see in or out of Japan.

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Yamadori
From BonsaiWIKI
Yamadori are bonsai that were collected from the wild. They word in Japanese means "taken from the mountain." It's possible to create bonsai with a yamadori feeling using other methods, like the Squashed juniper technique, but the word yamadori really refers to the wild nature of collected material.

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That should help to clear things up a bit. xD I often refer to plants taken from my yard as yamadori,...they weren't planted by man, but still aren't REALLY yamadori,...they're yardadori, I guess. xD

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RonMartin(deceased)

Most things I have seen people collect from their back yard are called seedlings.