Lawson Cypress Bonsai
Branchlets end in congested tufts of bluish to gray.
Lawson cypress bonsai. The leaf scales on flattened shoots which are fern like and have narrow white markings underneath. 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. If anyone has recommendations or suggestions on. Conifer evergreen slender tree with a distinctive jagged silhouette of upright branches.
Lawson cypress chadley999 on sun dec 30 2012 1 48 am hi everyone i couldnt resist but buy a lawson cypress chamaecyparis lawsoniana being sold as a christmas tree. Lawson cypress or chamaecyparis lawsoniana is not a recommended bonsai tree for beginners as it does not back bud easily and it pruning has to be carried out with precision. Native to or naturalized in oregon. 2 5 15 cm per year.
Seems best to me to contact the vendors you can find m on the rebs site. The bark is cracked into vertical plates and the twigs are a dark bluish grey. Lawson cypress bonsai tree scientific name chamaecyparis lawsoniana minima glauca is native to eastern asia and north america. The trunk often forks.
The lawson cypress prefers usda zones 5. Slow growing 1 6 in. Lawson cypress is an evergreen narrowly conical tree that can reach up to 45m high. Lawson cypress 5 years 10 months ago 12045 i don t think people on this forum will know that unless when there happens to be a vendor that visits this forum.
Today with help from pete we carry out some wiring to the lawson cypress in an effort to begin the shaping and styling of this new bonsai tree. Wissel s port orford cedar. It is an evergreen shrub with attractive blue green foliage and fern like branchlets which gently droop at branch tips. There are several dwarf cultivars of the popular lawson cypress chamaecyparis lawsoniana as well including the ellwoodii and wisselii cultivars.
Reddish brown bark and bright green foliage with purplish brown cones.