Bonsai Western Red Cedar
As its latin name already indicates western redcedar isn t a true cedar like lebanon atlas or deodar but rather an arborvitae.
Bonsai western red cedar. Yamadori collecting bonsai trees from the forest duration. Evergreen bonsai discussion thuja plicata western red cedar. Transplant the cedar seedling into a bonsai pot. This is a small landscape using red cedar.
Styling western red wood cedar bonsai duration. Bonsai talk 94 904 views. Red cedar is an evergreen growing 40 to 50 feet tall in an oval columnar or pyramidal form very diverse and spreading 8 to 15 feet when given a sunny location. Height 36 width 26 species.
Examine the root ball while you have it out of the soil. As a native american plant from the pacific northwest whipcord western red cedars perform best in climates with cool summers and regular precipitation. Bonsaihigh bonsai 572 views. I have been working on a few cedars to date and my advise is to keep it simple.
Y our western red cedar. Select an area of the garden which receives full or partial sun ideally with a little afternoon shade during the heat of the day. The fruit is a blue berry on female trees and is ornamental when produced in quantity. It develops a brownish tint in winter in the north and is sometimes used in windbreaks or screens.
Few branches and keep pinching. These specialty pots have wide shallow forms that help to restrict the roots and encourage the stunted growth common in the art of bonsai. Western nc usda zone 7 8 sep 29 2012. Wouldn t that solve that problem and make it at least a decent candidate.
Use pruning shears to snip the tips of any lateral roots that twine around the root ball.