Bald Cypress Bonsai Training
There s one very reliable characteristic of bald cypress and that is its apical dominance.
Bald cypress bonsai training. The best way to propagate a cypress bonsai especially the bald cypress is through air layering. Bald cypress this bald cypress taxodium distichum 269 is located in the north american collection. In a warm climate it can be kept outside all year round. The bald cypress bonsai is a living miniature tree and not a house plant.
The national champion bald cypress at cat island national wildlife refuge one of the best bonsai trees for beginners is the bald cypress or taxodium distichum. Specific bonsai care guidelines for the bald cypress. This is a problem in bonsai so the truck needs to be cut to the desired height. Too much water for other plants will be the bald cypress s heaven.
Banting originally purchased the tree as a nursery plant. I love training bald cypresses to sell to collectors wanting their own specimen of the king of american bonsai. For the most part this work proceeds along a pretty routine path. It has been in training since 1972 and the late vaughn banting donated the tree in 2000.
It has been in training since 1972 and the late vaughn banting donated the tree in 2000. In areas with colder winters the bald cypress must be protected against very low temperatures as it tolerates hardly any frost when it is planted in a container. To do this cut a small strip of bark from the chosen branch. Do this during late spring.
The bald cypress needs a lot of light and warmth and should therefore be placed in full sun during the growing season. Banting originally purchased the tree as a nursery plant. Therefore your bonsai must be maintained in a cool cold environment during the winter season. A member of the redwood family taxodiaceae it is a primary tree species and can reach heights of 100 120 with a trunk diameter typically between 3 5.
Naturally these trees grow large tall limbless trunks. This bald cypress along with one at the pacific bonsai museum are the first two trained into a configuration banting championed called flat top style. I collect a tree wai. As a guide around thanksgiving day it is time to prepare your bonsai for its winter dormancy period which should last approximately three 3 months.
Water the bonsai from overhead to simulate rain falling from above and fill the pot almost to the rim with water.