American Sweetgum Bonsai

But identified as an american sweetgum.

American sweetgum bonsai. This particular one is on. The leaves usually have five but. The american sweetgum grows in acidic loamy moist sandy well drained wet and clay soils. Sweetgum will thrive in sun to part shade.

Generally this means every 2 3 years for a deciduous tree and every 4 5 years for an evergreen. It has this fantastic deep purple red in the fall. It s a primary tree growing to heights of 60 100. Its r oot system thrives in a cool moist substrate high in organic matter.

Leaves are 3 6 in length and width on a petiole roughly the same length and star shaped. Focussing on styling bonsai showing member s trees bonsai care and general help. The leaves will reduce in size easily after potting. You ll find the fleshy roots could use a larger or deeper pot and abundant water.

American bonsai offers high quality stainless steel tools and supplies for bonsai enthusiasts. Another of the very best bonsai trees for beginners the sweetgum liquidambar styraciflua is a member of the family altingiaceae. Liquidambar styraciflua commonly called american sweetgum sweetgum sweet gum sweet gum is a deciduous tree in the genus liquidambar native to warm temperate areas of eastern north america and tropical montane regions of mexico and central america. If you can clearly see the roots coming out of the bottom of the pot it s time to repot your bonsai.

Repotting must be performed periodically on your bonsai sweet plum included when its root system has filled the pot. It has moderate drought tolerance. There is this other occupant of the house who doesn t realize that the yard is just an extension of the bonsai area and thinks that the grass should be unbroken so that all these little trees should disappear. Sweet gum as bonsai 2 years 2 months ago 38765 agreed completely.