Black Spruce Bonsai Tree

Specific bonsai care guidelines for the spruce bonsai tree.
Black spruce bonsai tree. In the southern parts of its range it grows mainly on mires further north also on drier soils. On bonsai type sites it is very slow growing and specimens can live several hundred years. 2 3 tall specimens can be 30 years old. The black spruce is a medium sized tree with a narrow shape like a church spire.
Long lasting jins and shari. Height 30 76cm and planted in a china mist pot. Got one to sell. A bonsai spruce tree can be a challenge to care for because it takes a fair amount of skill to mold this tree which prefers a cone shape into a wind swept bonsai.
This is a small slim tree with a narrow cylindrical crown. Get it in front of 160 million buyers. Slide current page of total pages you may also like. You will also need to periodically deal with pruning and wiring.
Small violet colored cones are produced and sit upright until fertilization. Dwarf weeping norway spruce bonsai tree picea abies glauca pendula 02. In winter it should be placed in semi shade and frost protection is recommendable when the tree is planted in a bonsai pot because frozen roots can t provide water while the evergreen foliage continues to transpire and can desiccate. Spruce bonsai arrives in a 4 5 pot and measures 7 9 in height potted.
Their natural cone shaped growth pattern makes it difficult to style and create a new ramification and they certainly don t backbud or get wired easily thus making it hard to style into a wind swept bonsai. This conifer exhibits dense foliage with very short blue green needles and brownish gray bark that is thin and scaly. Dwarf weeping norway spruce bonsai tree picea abies glauca pendula 05. The spruce bonsai is recommended to be watered daily maintaining a moist soil.
Black spruce grows in north america in a broad belt from alaska to newfoundland and as far south as the great lakes. Styled as a commission last week. In the black hills mature spruce usually only live about 100 years. Height 30 76cm and planted in a china mist pot.
Dark green blue green or grey green. Even though a spruce bonsai can take a fair amount of work and patience to deal with if properly styled it can grow to be one of the most sublime and majestic bonsai trees ever seen. Shohin bonsai is a style of bonsai that focuses on maintaining movement and structure in a small form typically no larger than 10 in height. The spruce needs a place in full sun during the growing season.
Interesting specimen for bonsai because of the contorted trunks and attractive small foliage.