Box Elder Maple Bonsai
Boxelder grows in usda hardiness zones 3 through 8 and is native to north america.
Box elder maple bonsai. Boxelder acer negundo is not a common material for bonsai. Boxelders prefer a cooler soil with humus and as a bonsai needs a mix of clay sand and compost in equal parts. If you put the tree in a flat pot you should create a drainage layer of around 0 3inch 1cm in height. It is an acer negundo or boxelder maple.
I collected it last year from the front garden. A more permeable one akadama being the best in our opinion. Older plants need more clay. Not much to say about the tree at this point.
Boxelder acer negundo is a fast growing maple tree native to this country. Read on for additional boxelder tree information. This is october. It is a fast growing short lived tree with opposite compound leaves.
I thought it was a red maple but then i got the three leaflets develop and realized that it was something else. Boxelder or ash leaf maple is not often seen as a bonsai subject. A quick progression in photos with some minor descriptions. This is my first tree.
Although drought resistant boxelder maple trees do not have a lot of ornamental appeal to homeowners. As they mature they develop a rough tan bark. Bonsai shop near ueno park zoo 上野 グリーンプラザ盆栽店 duration. I collected this boxelder in 2019 and started working on it as soon as it grew a set of branches.
The growth is generally quite coarse and relatively large compound leaves. But they take well to pot culture make graceful bonsai and their compound leaves do reduce in size. However they also seem to handle typical bonsai training and even overly aggressive root and top pruning. The tree is sometimes crafted into a bonsai specimen but often used as a screen windbreak and for land reclamation.