Antarctic Beech Bonsai
This is a tree i recently purchased from weetree in oregon.
Antarctic beech bonsai. This slow growth rate coupled with a general lack of backbudding can result in beech bonsai having long and bare primary branches that just have ramification on the tips of the branches. Antarctic beech from nsw by rob stephens the nothofagus moorei grows on the highest parts of the rainforest mountains in northern nsw and southern queensland. Many beech bonsai issue just one flush of growth each year during may. Common varieties for bonsai are procera southern beech and obliqua roble beech but the most common is the antarctica antarctic beech the leaves of which are small dark green with wavy or toothed edges and the bark is dark and slightly craggy.
Both are very well suited and popular for bonsai as they have beautiful trunks vividly green foliage and nice autumn colours. Its occurrence on hoste island earns it the distinction of being the southernmost tree on earth. The genus includes both deciduous and evergreen species. Nothofagus antarctica antarctic beech.
In spanish ñire or ñirre is a deciduous tree or shrub native to southern chile and argentina from about 36 s to tierra del fuego 56 s where it grows mainly in the diminishing temperate rainforest. Category bonsai nut member galleries added by concorde date added jul 14 2010 view count 872 comment count 1 rating 0 00 star s 0. A handsome native of south america which can be found from cape horn northward up to the andes. Nothos means false and fagus to which it is related is the beech genus.
Inspanishñireorñirre is adeciduoustree or shrub native to southernchileandargentinafrom about 36 s totierra del fuego56 s where it grows mainly in the diminishing temperaterainforest. It s believed to have once covered much of the continent in cooler times however it is now confined to a quite restricted range. It s a large long lived tree in nature. Field growing beech and very vigorous beech bonsai will then have a second flush of growth in july.
The branchlets arranged in a herringbone formation are covered in glossy small bright green leaves. Common varieties for bonsai bonsai are procera southern beech and obliqua roble beech but the most common is the antarctica antarctic beech the leaves of which are small dark green with wavy or toothed edges and the bark is dark and slightly craggy. The beech is a member of the the beech family fagaceae.