Blue Cedar Bonsai Care
The cedar bonsai tree requires six hours of daily sunlight.
Blue cedar bonsai care. Other species of cedrus cedrus libani. Glauca as a tall upright tree will likely look best pruned to a formal upright form which will highlight its single. The cedar bonsai tree may be grown indoors or outdoors but great care should be exercised with the amount of sunlight it receives. Some varieties like blue atlas cedar cedrus atlantica glauca can be very slow growing especially in a container.
It is common sense to work on a tree at a time when it is possible to obtain the best result while interfering as little as possible with the plant s natural activity. Here is a blue atlas cedar that i purchased this summer. The bonsai can be root pruned and potted the spring following. How to prune your blue atlas cedar as a giant bonsai depends on its type.
When to work on your bonsai trees. It may not put out new shoots this late in the season but new buds will form and be ready to shoot in spring. Causing stress to a plant will slow down its process of development instead of speeding it up so. Transplant the cedar seedling into a bonsai pot.
Cedars are usually pinched when the new shoots are very young just take the end of the shoot between finger and thumb and pull to break it off. These specialty pots have wide shallow forms that help to restrict the roots and encourage the stunted growth common in the art of bonsai. Be careful not to overwater as the cedar prefers slightly dry conditions. Do not let your cedar bonsai suffer from overwatering.
Also adapt the soil mixture to provide for enough drainage. Water cedar bonsai trees only when the soil is nearly dry but not entirely dry. Cedar of lebanon cedrus libani has short needles of medium green with new growth of very bright light green. Their wood is very springy and they usually only take a set if the wire is allowed to cut in so deep that it scars the tree.
Examine the root ball while you have it out of the soil. Also adapt the soil mixture to provide for enough drainage. Deodar cedars are best shaped by pruning. Thanks to mas imazumi our club sensei for this procedure.
You can prune your cedar and most other species at any time of the year. Bonsai tree care advanced bonsai calendar.