Szechuan Pepper Bonsai

After importing in early.

Szechuan pepper bonsai. The chinese pepper is hardy and can tolerate temperatures down to 15 c. The more sunlight and warmth your bonsai receives the more often it will need water. When the surface of the soil. Its interesting leaves smell of citrus and hot pepper at the same time.

Although it has to do with our well known black pepper nothing its seeds are used in the chinese province of szechuan for sharpening the food. The chinese pepper which is also called sichuan pepper grows in many parts of asia and is especially common in the himalaya japan and korea. More bonsai die due to improper watering than any other cause. Easy to grow in clay soils.

Szechuan pepper the dufte bonsai for your windowsill. Another spelling for sichuan is szechuan. We must place them indoors always close to a source of natural light. Like most indoor bonsai the pepper tree should not be kept too wet or too dry.

The plant belongs to the citrus and rue family rutaceae. Zanthoxylum is a genus of 250 species and at least 3 different species can be harvested as sichuan pepper. Aromatic pepper tree chinese pepper or szechuan pepper. Szechuan pepper will enrich your window sill with a very special fragrance.

Sichuan pepper cultivation tips soil. Z piperitum is native to china japan and korea and is probably the most hardy of the sichuan pepper. It is a deciduous tree and has small complex leaves. Check your pepper daily by sticking your finger into the soil.

The tree blooms in april to may forming axillary flower clusters about 5mm and yellow green in color. In requires deep well drained soil whereas if we take care of it as a bonsai we must always keep the soil moist. Z simulans z bungeanum z alianthoides z schinifolium z piperitum all have been used as sichuan pepper. Zanthoxylum piperitum is the most common species often sold in horticulture stores.

Its interesting leaves sm. The so called indoor trees are mostly trees from tropical origins that do not support low temperatures. A chinese pepper tree bonsai is fertilized especially in the growing period from march to september. The chinese pepper is a subtropical tree with small paripinnate leaves which is very common as indoor bonsai.

Bonsai szechuan pepper zanthoxylum piperitum. Szechuan pepper the dufte bonsai for your windowsillszechuan pepper will enrich your window sill with a very special fragrance. It is dioecious and the flowers of the male plant can be consumed as hana sanshō while the female flowers yield berries or peppercorns of about 5mm. Do not water the tree if the soil is damp or cool.

Other names for this species include sansho and japanese pepper as well as korean pepper it is native to japan and to parts of.