Fagus Crenata Bonsai

The japanese white beech fagus crenata is especially beautiful with its smooth silvery white trunk while the european beech fagus sylvatica has a smooth grey bark and broader leaves.

Fagus crenata bonsai. Though it is fagus sylvatica and fagus crenata that are the two fagus species seen as bonsai. The foliage turns brown in autumn and remains on the tree until spring when new growth pushes off the old leaves. Fagus crenata is better known as japanese white beech. The white beech is closely related to the well known common beech.

Has 2 long x 1 wide foliage that is a little more oval than the european beech. Native to japan where it is used extensively for bonsai. Its fruit called beechnut or beechmast ripens in autumn and is edible. The smooth grey white bark is typical of other beeches.

Approximately 40 years old. Tree dimensions height x width x depth without pot. Out of stock native to japan where it is used extensively for bonsai. There are some cultivars of the european beech with dark red foliage hanging branches or deeply incised leaves.

There is good potential for other fagus species to make quality bonsai. Moyogi informal upright age. The leaf of the japanese white beech is also more pointed than the leaf of the ordinary beech. The most important differences with the fagus sylvatica common beech is that the trunk becomes much more whiter.

Fagus crenata is a marcescent deciduous tree with smooth silvery bark. 360 x 270 x 270 mm. The smooth grey white bark is typical of other beeches.