California Juniper Bonsai Care
Specific bonsai care guidelines for the juniper bonsai.
California juniper bonsai care. Place the juniper bonsai outdoors in a bright spot where it will get direct sunlight in the morning but filtered shade during the hottest part of the day. The juniper cannot live indoors. Some bonsai work on an old california juniper this tree was purchased in 1997 from the individual who collected it. Move the plant inside for the winter when.
This is for an established bonsai not one recently collected. Short of grafting on shimpaku foliage which has been done the only thing a bonsai artist can do is wire out every foliage tip and make the deadwood the focus of the bonsai. Now the tree is close to being ready for a bonsai pot. Because the small pots contain a limited amount of soil adequately watering and fertilizing a juniper bonsai is critical to its health.
Many of these species of junipers do very well for bonsai due a variety of factors including foliage sizes and shape drought tolerance trunk resiliency and root strength. Basically if it s in a bonsai pot in good soil it doesn t really need much special care. Now you know a little bit more about juniper bonsai trees are you ready to take care of your bonsai. Water thoroughly and let pretty much dry before watering again they don t tolerate wet feet.
Removing a taproot and an unnecessary second trunk took several years. It s a small shrub that has grey bluish foliage. California junipers bonsai or not have the coarsest foliage of any juniper used for bonsai and their foliage does not become more compact or reduce under bonsai culture. Place the tree outside year round on a bright spot with lots of sunlight.
It s native to north america and as its name suggests it can be found in california. Stunted juniper plants grow as naturally. The american bonsai society recommends letting the soil dry slightly before watering your juniper but cautions against allowing it to dry completely. Juniper bonsai most of the 60 species of junipers jumiperus spp respond especially well to bonsai training establishing readily and tolerating neglect.
During the winter protect the tree once temperatures drop below 10 degrees c 14f. They take full sun if you are in a desert or valley area they won t mind a bit of afternoon shade.