Engelmann Spruce Bonsai Care

For deciduous trees i use 3 parts of this mix with 1 part potting soil usually the kind used for cactus and succulents.
Engelmann spruce bonsai care. These trees come from high in the mountains so they will not do well in low elevations without extended cold dormancy. These spruce trees have a pyramidal crown with a slightly rounded top and their branches extend to the ground giving the whole. You have to approach them carefully and the work needs to be staggered rather than an all at once approach. Featuring short green needles flaky bark and rugged character only found in a collected tree.
Engelmann spruce picea engelmannii is a great candidate for bonsai. I have a large tall one where i notched one of its thick branches and brought it way down with the aid of guy wires. Specific bonsai care guidelines for the spruce bonsai tree position. Engelmann spruce is a medium to large sized evergreen conifer indigenous to the western parts of north america typically growing at high altitudes between 3 000 ft and 11 980 ft 900 m and 3 650 m.
Engelmann spruce will grow steadily for 300 years long after the growth of most associated tree species slows down. Dominant spruces are often 250 450 years old and trees 500 600 years old are not uncommon. For spruce i add a half part more bark to retain more moisture. I leaned a hard lesson with them.
Trees reaching 760 850 years are known. However engelmann spruce a very different story.