It's been almost a year since the last set of pictures (late winter, that is a Florida winter) and I took these at night after getting back from school (I'm a grad student at the moment). The tree doesn't look much different, except for the scars are healing, it has some more proper branches selected, and the soil surface is red lava now. I decided to give it a little love and get it ready to be sold since I truly need some money. Not sure if the sale of a simple bonsai will be a lot of money, but it sure will help. I will sell the bonsai with the site and domain name to make it a little more attractive and so that hopefully the next owner puts up more pictures and I can know about its fate after I sell it.

Weird but beautiful Bald Cypress Bonsai before leaves out in Spring

This is a trial at making it into a kind of 3D bonsai (viewable from all angles and not just one front), so that there is some attractiveness from all angles. I am sure that one angle will be more appealing to some than others.

I am sure this bonsai will do well almost anywhere in the US since it is hardy in zones 4 - 10, which is probably most of the United States. More information about bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) can be found in the USDA plant data entry for bald cypress.