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20-Jan-2004
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Jabba The Elmm
Here's that fat cedar elm over rock yamadori that I got a year or so back. Just an update on the development.
Here it is as I got it... Kind regards, Andy Rutledge www.andyrutledge.com/palaver/main.htm zone 8 Texas |
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20-Jan-2004
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...here it is after the first styling - new front.
Kind regards, Andy |
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20-Jan-2004
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...And as of Jan 19, '04. - One year of work. Photo by Howard Smith.
It's got some problems and the front may be changed again in the future. However, it is coming along. Kind regards, Andy Rutledge www.andyrutledge.com/palaver/main.htm zone 8, Texas |
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20-Jan-2004
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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
Join Date: Jun-2002
Location: Melbourne
Country: Australia
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Andy I like it. It gives a great impression of age and power. Have you considered chopping the current apex and rebuilding, as the current trunk angle is a bit extreme 2/3 of the way up.
Anyway, this tree has great potential. Jase |
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20-Jan-2004
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bonsaiTALK Journeyman
Join Date: Jan-2002
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cedar elm
hi andy
your cedar elm is progressing very nice. walter's virtuals make it look even better with the shorter leader. did you acquire this tree from vito megna? i have three of his cedar elm trees myself. how's vito doing lately since he closed his nursery? |
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20-Jan-2004
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Thanks Jase and Walter.
Those images are, of course, being considered. The leader has no taper and has poor directional movement. However, cutting it off would make the knot in the middle even larger. Last night when photographing this tree, my friend Howard and I were mulling over a few different possibilities. One involves cutting off the knot-like portion and using one of the forward branches as the new leader. Another involves cutting the knot off and taking the tree to the left. Yet another involves rotating the tree to the right sevaral degrees. That one may have some promise for keeping the current leader or even removing it. All in all, this tree is a wonderfully hideous monstrosity. I love it. It is important that this one be developed well and properly maintained - there's nothing in the world like it. It is, so far as anyone knows, the only root-over-rock cedar elm of these proportions ever collected. It will go in the now-being-built Texas Bonsai Exhibit. It is a Texas treasure and should be preserved for posterity. Plus, its just the right thing to do. ;-) Kind regards, Andy Rutledge www.andyrutledge.com/palaver/main.htm zone 8, Texas |
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20-Jan-2004
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Art,
Yes, Vito collected this one. I've lost touch with Vito. Last I talked to him, he was spending a lot of time with his wife - fishing. ;-) He deserves a leisurely break these days. He did good work and helped a lot of folks. Me included! Kind regards, Andy |
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20-Jan-2004
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bonsaiTALK Craftsman
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jabba the elm is right! i love the fatness of this tree, and the overall haunted look of it. very spooky. nice choice of a new front!
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