In the Dream Plan Build Video Series, Doug Tagsold's D&RW Silverton Branch, he takes time to explain how he modeled his Aspen trees. He states he uses "Sugar Bush" and that it's available at most hobby shops. I have looked and can't find this anywhere. It is a dried plant. In fact no one knows what it is and yet he shows it in the video. Also I have looked on the web at "Sugar Bush" and what is shown is definitely not what he is referring to and showing.
Anyone have any info on what it is or best where to get it.
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I thought there had been a more recent discussion of sugar bush, but a search found nothing on this section of the forums. I went to the General Discussion section and did a search for sugar bush. Back in 08 Doug answered someone elses question (I didn't go to the original thread), he says the closest thing available is pepper bush. Florests or craft shops may have it.
Good luck,
To produce hundreds of background deciduous tree I use stained double ended toothpicks. I then cut rough circles from furnace filters, and sprayed them with green or black flat paint, followed by a spray of adhesive. I then rolled them in plastic bags filled with various colors of ground foam. Note my AVATAR. To make foreground trees, I use sections of "Super trees" which comes as a large bag filled with a fine branched leafless bush, from my LHS. One can get Sedum or Pepperwort from most florists, (that use them as accent fillers in bouquets). To make weeping willows, one can use a twisted and taped bundle of fine wire, that is cut to form the draping branches of a weepin willow tree. The branches shown in the third photo have not been trimmed and fully shaped, The shaped wire form can then be sprayed with adhesive or hair spray, and dusted with static grass, which simulates the long narrow leaves of the weeping willow. Bob Hahn
The last photo is of a real weeping willow tree.
It's called pepper grass ,I use it all the time I get it from Pat Catans here or Michaels they both carry it or can order it for you . i buy the floral paint in spray cans to add color and prolong the life of the tree,Ive had great results with it for aspens I paint the tree trunk white with the black spots first and for others just the color of the bark that you want
Sugar Bush is also known as Protea to a botanist. Here's a link to the Wikipedia entry about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protea
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The plant called “peppergrass” (also pepperwort in Britain) that I believe you are looking for is a variety of a perennial flowering herb known as Lepidium. It is dried and sold by florists for flower arrangements and can be ordered online in bulk. Here are two online illustrations:
http://www.calflora.net/bloomingplants/perennialpeppergrass.html
http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/18/92/189215_0eb6f2f1.jpg