African Sumac Bonsai
It has an interesting branching pattern accented by uniquely rough bark.
African sumac bonsai. Sumac bonsai i like unusual and bizarre plants and often use them to create unique bonsai. Both are members of the tucson bonsai society. Bonsai searsia lancea african sumac create a bonsai from nursery stock february 2020 lake elsinore bonsai. 18 sai lầm người mới chơi bonsai thường mắc phải.
African sumac can be grown as a multi trunk tree or trained to a single trunk. The tree grows to around 25 feet tall and has slender. Finally cut the side of the branch halfway between the two original cuts. I look at a couple of examples like kimura s and think that is the best sumac bonsai i have ever seen not that is the best bonsai i have ever seen.
Second cut into the top of the branch at least 4 inches farther from the trunk than the first cut. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 8 through 10. Well adapted to the santa cruz valley african sumac rhus lancea is a native of south africa. Favored for its deep green foliage it produces a dense shade canopy which is rare in the desert.
African sumac rhus lancea is an evergreen tree or shrub planted for decoration often in locations that take advantage of the plant s extreme drought tolerance. They ve also tried their hands on such familiar tucson landscape plants as bougainvillea texas ranger texas ebony vitex and african sumac. They are often considered weed trees with large compound leaves. African sumac trees are susceptible to texas root rot also known as cotton root rot or phymatotrichopsis root rot.
Sumac has always been a tree that is on my short list of cannot be made into a bonsai. The fungus phymatotrichopsis omnivora which is found in the soil is the cause. I have yet to see an truly effective one. African sumac rhus lancea is a drought tolerant shade tree that grows in u s.
When pruning large branches on an african sumac make three cuts. The common sumac is a large shrub or small tree which can be found growing native throughout north america and other regions of the world.