Burr Oak Bonsai

Oak trees prefer an airy place in full sun during the growing season.
Burr oak bonsai. The bur oak is known to grow in a shrub form which is like the oak i have. The large trunks and small leaves of the oak create attractive miniatures of old full grown trees. There on the banks of the lower missouri river this magnificent oak is close to the heart of its natural range. The branches of the bur oak quickly assume the rough texture of the trunk.
Specific bonsai care guidelines for the oak bonsai tree position. To stay in touch visit shop. In this video we take a field grown oak tree and turn it into a bonsai. Although it is impossible to make the branches of a bonsai grow in correct proportion to the trunk of a tree as it might appear in nature the branches and trunk must nevertheless harmonize.
The bur oak is among the most fire tolerant tree species. The lobed points on the tree that i have are more lateral on the points where as on a columnar they are more angled. The bur oak acorns are very large getting up to 2 inches long and 1 5 inches broad which makes it an important wildlife food. More like a 65 degree and from the center of the leaf outward.
The european oak the white oak and other northern oak species are frost hardy when they are growing in the ground but they need winter protection when they are planted in containers. Oak is not traditionally used for bonsai in japan but its use began in california in the 1950s. The wood is of high quality and is almost always marketed as white oak. It usually grows out in the open away from the forest of trees.
Quercus macrocarpa or bur oak is normally very large so getting a 3 foot believable specimen will take awhile but certainly possible if you do not mind taking your time. We are working a few small american elms here and although the leaf can get rather large we pinch them off at an inch to an inch and a half.