Black Hills Spruce Bonsai

Some of the most desirable trees to use for bonsai training are specimens collected from nature that may already be quite old and show the distinctive character and charm that comes with a long and relentless.
Black hills spruce bonsai. Growth rate this tree grows at a slow rate with height increases of less than 12 per year. The picea mariana black spruce is widespread across canada. Specific bonsai care guidelines for the spruce bonsai tree. 2 3 tall specimens can be 30 years old.
Messages 25 172 reaction score 33 330 location berwyn il usda zone 6 2 mar 19 2018 2 fave. Pretty rare to find an old black hills spruce like this one. On bonsai type sites it is very slow growing and specimens can live several hundred years. White spruce is the provincial tree of manitoba and the state tree of south dakota.
Well trained picea in 16 poly bonsai root training pot over 2 ft tall 2 caliper trunk a beautiful tree for your collection. In training since 2012. Black hills spruce picea glauca var. Messages 205 reaction score 452 location colorado springs usda zone 4b mar 19 2018 1 has anyone tried one of these for bonsai.
Black hills spruce is one of the most tolerant of all the spruces. Estimated age 125 years. Treesagain black hills spruce tree s picea glauca 4 to 8 inches. Here is a black hills spruce picea glauca x densata i got from andy last year at the midwest show.
Picea glauca conica however is often tried but rarely makes good bonsai. 6 bonsai mirai pine bonsai bonsai trees bonsai nursery. Long lasting jins and shari. Estimated age 125 years.
Tree type mature size the black hills spruce grows to a height of 30 60 and a spread of 15 25 at maturity. Black hills spruce bonsai black spruce bonsai bonsai forest blue spruce bonsai styles. And here is a portion of the tree 2010 fall. In training since 2002.
In the black hills mature spruce usually only live about 100 years. The black hills spruce can be expected to grow in hardiness zones 2 6. Start date mar 19 2018.