This is the same cedar that we featured three days ago, only much improved after being prepared for exhibition at the 2nd U.S. National Bonsai Exhibition. BTW: it won the ABS Award for the finest North American Species Bonsai. It’s no wonder eh? Photo courtesy of Bill Valavanis of International Bonsai. The artist is Marc Arpag of the Bonsai Society of Upstate New York.
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Marc did a wonderful job on this. Where do I find some care information on Thuja? The loosey-goosey floppy foliage has been an enigma for me.
I always get confused between cypress and cedar. We have a whole mountain range in South Africa called the Cedarberg. Early botanists called the trees cedars, when in fact they are Cypress not cedar. Perhaps we should change the name to Cypressberg? I am sure the locals will agree to this scientific ‘correctness’. They are of the genus Widdringtonia see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widdringtonia
Hi Roger,
I just looked up the Widdringtonia (maybe we should call it the ‘ring tone’ cypress). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widdringtonia
To further confuse the issue: even though it is in the cypress family (Cupressaceae), I don’t think it should be considered a true cypress, as it isn’t in the cypress genus (Cupressus).
Nick Lenz’ book ‘Bonsai From the Wild’ devotes 16 pages to the white cedar. http://www.stonelantern.com/Bonsai_from_the_Wild_2nd_ed_p/b1lenz.htm