Antarctic Beech Bonsai

Both are very well suited and popular for bonsai as they have beautiful trunks vividly green foliage and nice autumn colours.
Antarctic beech bonsai. Field growing beech and very vigorous beech bonsai will then have a second flush of growth in july. Antarctic beech from nsw by rob stephens the nothofagus moorei grows on the highest parts of the rainforest mountains in northern nsw and southern queensland. Inspanishñireorñirre is adeciduoustree or shrub native to southernchileandargentinafrom about 36 s totierra del fuego56 s where it grows mainly in the diminishing temperaterainforest. Bonsai nut member galleries.
Common varieties for bonsai are procera southern beech and obliqua roble beech but the most common is the antarctica antarctic beech the leaves of which are small dark green with wavy or toothed edges and the bark is dark and slightly craggy. Category bonsai nut member galleries added by concorde date added jul 14 2010 view count 872 comment count 1 rating 0 00 star s 0. Nothos means false and fagus to which it is related is the beech genus. Its occurrence on hoste island earns it the distinction of being the southernmost tree on earth.
This is a tree i recently purchased from weetree in oregon. The genus includes both deciduous and evergreen species. A handsome native of south america which can be found from cape horn northward up to the andes. It produces spiky woody fruit capsules which contain two to four triangular edible beech nuts.
The branchlets arranged in a herringbone formation are covered in glossy small bright green leaves. The beech is a member of the the beech family fagaceae. Nothofagus antarctica antarctic beech. Many beech bonsai issue just one flush of growth each year during may.
It s a large long lived tree in nature. In spanish ñire or ñirre is a deciduous tree or shrub native to southern chile and argentina from about 36 s to tierra del fuego 56 s where it grows mainly in the diminishing temperate rainforest. The genus includes both deciduous and evergreen species.