Colorado Blue Spruce Bonsai

The colorado blue spruce is a very popular choice for bonsai but is also a popular christmas tree in several parts of the world.

Colorado blue spruce bonsai. Learn how to navigate difficult design hurdles in this newest episode of bonsai u. During the winter months the spruce will need watering less often. This sturdy tree is grown in farmlands pastures and large landscapes as a windbreak and doubles as a nesting site for birds. This tree was originally collected in the rocky mountains just outside of denver colorado at at elevation of 5500 feet.

To maintain the health of a spruce bonsai in the contained growing environment you will need to supplement the soil. Grow your own blue spruce bonsai with these seeds. This bonus episode of bonsai u features the styling of a colorado blue spruce bonsai planted on a lace rock. Colorado blue spruce is a native american tree that originated on stream banks and crags of the western united states.

A colorado blue spruce bonsai is a living miniature tree and not a house plant. In the spring and fall the tree can be misted along with keeping the soil wet. A strong looking tree with colours that can vary from dark green through all shades of blue green to powder white blue. Therefore your bonsai must be maintained in a cool cold environment during the winter season.

This tree is a brilliant way to add some subtle blue colours to your home. Spruces can become 60 m 200ft tall when mature and have a typical conical shape. Colorado blue spruce bonsai tree scientific name picea pungens glauca just like picea glauca conica belongs to the pinaceae family. The styling in this video took place in february 2020.

Project description in this episode bjorn discussed design principles of a chuuhin colorado blue spruce bonsai. I purchased a small picea pungens colorado blue spruce bonsai from my friend bob randell who collected the tree in the mountains of colorado. The branches grow whorled. As a guide around thanksgiving day it is time to prepare your bonsai for its winter dormancy period which should last approximately three 3 months.

Spruce bonsai trees require soil that is kept moist but never saturated. I had the tree for several years and did nothing with it. I has distinctive stiff blue green needles like leaves. This tree was originally collected just outside of denver colorado in 2017 and subsequently planted on this stone at eisei en in spring of 2019.

The tree was allowed to grow unchecked in 2019 and i brought it down to the denver. It is an evergreen native to cool forested regions of the northern hemisphere.