Box Elder Bonsai
Boxelder or ash leaf maple is not often seen as a bonsai subject.
Box elder bonsai. If you put the tree in a flat pot you should create a drainage layer of around 0 3inch 1cm in height. However they also seem to handle typical bonsai training and even overly aggressive root and top pruning. Shaping my 2 year old bonsai box elder maple with wire. The tree is sometimes crafted into a bonsai specimen but often used as a screen windbreak and for land reclamation.
Boxelders prefer a cooler soil with humus and as a bonsai needs a mix of clay sand and compost in equal parts. It grows rapidly can become very large and needs a lot of space. Nigel saunders the bonsai zone 15 538 views 10 38 how to grow roses from cuttings fast and easy rooting rose cuttings with a 2 liter soda bottle duration. A more permeable one akadama being the best in our opinion.
The growth is generally quite coarse and relatively large compound leaves. And a view at the rest of my plants i m working on. Older plants need more clay. Boxelder grows in usda hardiness zones 3 through 8 and is native to north america.