Colorado Blue Spruce Bonsai

Colorado blue spruce bonsai tree scientific name picea pungens glauca just like picea glauca conica belongs to the pinaceae family.

Colorado blue spruce bonsai. A strong looking tree with colours that can vary from dark green through all shades of blue green to powder white blue. This tree was originally collected just outside of denver colorado in 2017 and subsequently planted on this stone at eisei en in spring of 2019. Spruces can become 60 m 200ft tall when mature and have a typical conical shape. Care guide for the spruce bonsai tree the spruce is an evergreen coniferous tree genus which is widespread in the northern hemisphere.

Colorado blue spruce is a native american tree that originated on stream banks and crags of the western united states. This tree was originally collected in the rocky mountains just outside of denver colorado at at elevation of 5500 feet. Spruce bonsai trees require soil that is kept moist but never saturated. 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.

Therefore your bonsai must be maintained in a cool cold environment during the winter season. Project description in this episode bjorn discussed design principles of a chuuhin colorado blue spruce bonsai. This bonus episode of bonsai u features the styling of a colorado blue spruce bonsai planted on a lace rock. In the spring and fall the tree can be misted along with keeping the soil wet.

I decided to style the tree in 2019 and it looked ok. To maintain the health of a spruce bonsai in the contained growing environment you will need to supplement the soil. The tree was allowed to grow unchecked in 2019 and i brought it down to the denver. I purchased a small picea pungens colorado blue spruce bonsai from my friend bob randell who collected the tree in the mountains of colorado.

This sturdy tree is grown in farmlands pastures and large landscapes as a windbreak and doubles as a nesting site for birds. The styling in this video took place in february 2020. During the winter months the spruce will need watering less often. A colorado blue spruce bonsai is a living miniature tree and not a house plant.

I has distinctive stiff blue green needles like leaves. I had the tree for several years and did nothing with it. Grow your own blue spruce bonsai with these seeds. The tree will suit.

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