White Oak Bonsai

The large trunks and small leaves of the oak create attractive miniatures of old full grown trees.

White oak bonsai. Our goat got into where i was wintering my bonsai and ate all of them to the point every tree died. Oaks can be an excellent choice for a first bonsai tree. That said there are a wide variety of oak species and a good number are suitable bonsai candidates. They are deciduous and have large lobed leaves and rough barks.

Mature bonsai oaks ranging from three to 15. A cold but frost free greenhouse garage or shed is a good winter place for an oak bonsai tree. Height 42 width 42 species. I went through a great deal of work getting an oak a maple and a willow started when i lost all my bonsai.

My oldest bonsai was a japanese white pine i had been training for 10 years. The european oak the white oak and other northern oak species are frost hardy when they are growing in the ground but they need winter protection when they are planted in containers. With their small leaves in some varieties tendency to form massive trunks and rough textured bark they give a great impression of a huge old tree in miniature. Oak is not traditionally used for bonsai in japan but its use began in california in the 1950s.

Although they prefer moist soil they can tolerate a range of soil moistures and a range of climates and temperatures. White oak bark is possibly safefor most people when taken by mouth for 3 4 days. Oaks are resistant to insects and diseases and many will produce miniature fruit and acorns. White oak bark is also possibly safefor most people when applied directly to unbroken skinfor up to 2 3 weeks.