Bald Cypress Bonsai Training

Therefore your bonsai must be maintained in a cool cold environment during the winter season.
Bald cypress bonsai training. It has been in training since 1972 and the late vaughn banting donated the tree in 2000. The rot resistant bald cypress bonsai thrives in a very wet almost swampy soil making it a perfect plant for people who enjoy watering. Too much water for other plants will be the bald cypress s heaven. Bald cypress this bald cypress taxodium distichum 269 is located in the north american collection.
Naturally these trees grow large tall limbless trunks. To do this cut a small strip of bark from the chosen branch. Specific bonsai care guidelines for the bald cypress. A member of the redwood family taxodiaceae it is a primary tree species and can reach heights of 100 120 with a trunk diameter typically between 3 5.
Do this during late spring. Water the bonsai from overhead to simulate rain falling from above and fill the pot almost to the rim with water. Wrap the area that was cut with a small bag filled with moist sphagnum and peat. For the most part this work proceeds along a pretty routine path.
The bald cypress bonsai is a living miniature tree and not a house plant. In a warm climate it can be kept outside all year round. The national champion bald cypress at cat island national wildlife refuge one of the best bonsai trees for beginners is the bald cypress or taxodium distichum. As a guide around thanksgiving day it is time to prepare your bonsai for its winter dormancy period which should last approximately three 3 months.
I collect a tree wai. I love training bald cypresses to sell to collectors wanting their own specimen of the king of american bonsai. There s one very reliable characteristic of bald cypress and that is its apical dominance. The bald cypress needs a lot of light and warmth and should therefore be placed in full sun during the growing season.
Training bald cypress bonsai cypress are typically planted in group plantings formal upright and informal upright styles. In areas with colder winters the bald cypress must be protected against very low temperatures as it tolerates hardly any frost when it is planted in a container. This bald cypress along with one at the pacific bonsai museum are the first two trained into a configuration banting championed called flat top style. Banting originally purchased the tree as a nursery plant.
Banting originally purchased the tree as a nursery plant.