European Spruce Bonsai
European spruce picea abies the common spruce is quite popular for bonsai in contrast to the fir which is often confused with it.
European spruce bonsai. Start date aug 5 2019. European spruce picea abies 3 years 9 months ago 23674 thank you for your advices. Specific bonsai care guidelines for the spruce bonsai tree. Dragonmaster josh88 and petegreg.
The spruce is popular for bonsai because of its short needles and nice bark. Yamadori trees have their own presence and character from the very beginning of their bonsai life they are thrilling to work with. I know spruce is a very difficult species for bonsai and as soon as you do something it will probably die but my spruce is doing surprisingly well. Their natural cone shaped growth pattern makes it difficult to style and create a new ramification and they certainly don t backbud or get wired easily thus making it hard to style into a wind swept bonsai.
Messages 2 305 reaction score. Its needles are short and sharp and are placed around the twigs. The first bonsai trees ever were trees collected by monks in the mountains so in a way this is the original and personally my favorite way of bonsai. Our great native european spruce is a species rarely seen on todays bonsai exhibitions despite their good qualities rough bark dead wood and fine needles.
The cones are hanging the cones of the fir stand upright. In winter it should be placed in semi shade and frost protection is recommendable when the tree is planted in a bonsai pot because frozen roots can t provide water while the evergreen foliage continues to transpire and can desiccate. Spruce bonsai even though a spruce bonsai can take a fair amount of work and patience to deal with if properly styled it can grow to be one of the most sublime and majestic bonsai trees ever seen.