Ellwoodii Cypress Bonsai

Genus chamaecyparis are evergreen trees usually of narrowly ovoid or columnar outline with much branched sprays of small scale like leaves and small globose cones.

Ellwoodii cypress bonsai. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ellwoodii improved. Other common names lawson s cypress ellwoodii. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ellwoodii ellwood s lawson cypress. Can reach heights of upto 20 metres in its native japan.

Fertilizing in general dwarf cypress trees do not require fertilization. Broad conical tree with an open crown and finely peeling red brown bark. I know it needs a bigger pot now i m sorry to say i got side tracked with a trip. Reminiscent of a juniper.

It is also a good example of what becomes of a nice dwarf conifer if overzealously propagated. Tiny red male cones are conspicuous in a few cultivars. Conifer evergreen shrub 6 10 ft 1 8 3 m narrowly upright conical densely arranged and ascending branches thin blue green branchlets. Ellwoodii ellwoodii is a fairly slow growing large evergreen shrub of columnar habit with grey green to blue green semi juvenile foliage in short soft sprays.

Leaves have a needle awl form i e tapering to a slender stiff point blue green becoming steel blue in fall. I didn t do eather and it had been doing very well until last month. Group planting one day many years ago i noticed a neighbour pruning a specimen dwarf cypress which was growing in his front garden. When using the dwarf cypress as a bonsai plant continual hand pinching of new growth is used to shape and form the tree.

Ellwood cypress a slow growing bluish shrub with small tight foliage. Very versatile it is a popular choice in a number of gardens. By taking only the strongest cuttings for propagation the plants grown now are much more vigorous than originally intended. Synonyms chamaecyparis lawsoniana ellwood blue.

Pairs of sharply pointed bright green mature leaves marked with white underneath are produced in flattened sprays. Highly decorative chamaecyparis lawsoniana ellwoodii lawson cypress is an upright evergreen shrub of dense columnar habit with short sprays of soft feathery silver blue foliage turning steel blue in winter. A dwarf cultivar of port orford cedar with yellow green young foliage. I asked if i could have one of the branches that had been removed so that i could take some cuttings.

It says chamaecyparis lawsoniana ellwoodii the little tab also says you could plant it out side or move it to a larger pot after the holidays. False cypress chamaecyparis lawsoniana ellwoodii cypress bonsai style. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ellwoodii is a staple of the nursery industry a familiar neat cone of bluish green juvenile foliage when young. Slow growing 1 6 in.