Blue Spruce Bonsai Care

During growing season wait for the new shoots to grow to 1 inch then pinch them back to about two thirds of their length.
Blue spruce bonsai care. Do major pruning in early fall when wounds will bleed less. You can use wires in late autumn or winter. A colorado blue spruce bonsai is a living miniature tree and not a house plant. Specific bonsai care guidelines for the spruce bonsai tree.
Po box 61278 potomac maryland 20859 united states. Therefore your bonsai must be maintained in a cool cold environment during the winter season. I am totally new to bonsai but i grew this tree and would love to start learning how to bonsai it. The spruce needs a place in full sun during the growing season.
To maintain the health of a spruce bonsai in the contained growing environment you will need to supplement the soil. Care and maintenance of colorado blue spruce trees. With up to 75 feet in height and stiff blue to blue green needled foliage the colorado blue spruce picea pungens offers visual impact shade. Just the first of many workings on my blue spruce specimen collected from nursery stock i didn t want to do to much at once considering the time of year but it needed cut back to keep branches.
Positioning although spruce trees naturally thrive in cooler climates the bonsai tree does require a lot of direct sunlight. Blue spruce green spruce white spruce colorado spruce colorado blue spruce. Never remove all needles. 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.
If this is not readily available regular plant fertilizer can be used at one half the recommended dose. Every few weeks a liquefied bonsai food supplement should be added to the soil. In the wild it can grow up to 75 feet. Blue spruce bonsai 1 month 2 weeks ago 58594 benvg123 wrote.
Be careful with the very hot summer period though and make sure to shade them during intense midday times. Blue spruce facility care. I also want to get a juniper to start trying to bonsai as well.