Sawara Cypress Bonsai

Dwarf sawara cypress cutback september 26 2014 by jonas dupuich i m now one year into a project to develop a dwarf sawara cypress bonsai from nursery material.
Sawara cypress bonsai. Pairs of sharply pointed bright green mature leaves marked with white underneath are produced in flattened sprays. This chamaecyparis was found in a friends garden nearly 3 years ago in the early spring of 2001. 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. Quite often the cypress has been grown in rock gardens or in pots around the garden.
Last year i reduced the silhouette and repotted. The dwarf hinoki false cypress grows in u s. Great outdoor evergreen bonsai. The sawara cypress chamarcyparis psifera is a native of japan but was introduced to the uk in 1861.
Apparently as is typical of the many false cypress chamaecypris planted during the 1970 s in the uk it had grown quite slowly for the first ten years it had been in her garden but had then become very vigorous and had outgrown its allotted space its height reaching over 12 feet. Chamaecyparis pisifera tsukumo tsukumo sawara cypress chamaecyparis pisifera tsukomo is a flattened bun shaped selection of sawara cypress with overlapping sprays of dark green adult foliage. The bark is red brown and the foliage is arranged in flat sprays with pointed tips unlike the blunt tips of the related hinoki cypress. Bonsai nz sawara cypress simply bonsai description the cypress is a popular evergreen conifer that has been used extensively as an ornamental plant in gardens.
This piece of raw material is basically a blank canvass with which to create bonsai with. The sawara cypress is a species of false cypress native to japan. Blue moss cypress bonsai is a living miniature tree and not a house plant. Chamaecyparis pisifera sawara cypress bonsai progression series.
Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 8 while the slightly more cold tolerant japanese false cypress also known as the sawara. At first glance it bears more a resemblance to a moss covered rock than a conifer. Therefore your bonsai must be maintained in a cool cold environment during the winter season. Chamaecyparis pisifera sawara cypress broad conical tree with an open crown and finely peeling red brown bark.