Ezo Spruce Bonsai

I have a 2 gallon nursery stock picea orientalis.

Ezo spruce bonsai. Height 23 width 26 depth 27 nebari trunk 5 general care for the ezo spruce sunlight the ezo prefers lots of sunlight. I am not usually around these parts of the forum but inspired by the ezo spruce that brian van fleet purchased from brent at evergreen gardenworks i decided to get one from brent as well. They are some of the most popular bonsai trees in japan where they re highly appreciated for their vigor and asperity. I ve located a small start to begin working with it s 25 years old.

Many moons ago i spent three years in japan on the island of hokkaido. Sharing my new ezo spruce. This quality of ezo has never been imported to the usa before. I was on the northern most tip at a fishing town called wakkanai.

It looks similar in most ways and is available in north america both as seed and as nursery stock. This has small tight needles. Spectacular ezo spruce from japan. The ezo is difficult to import as the spruce hosts a fungus known for infecting species of rhododendron and azalea but the museum houses three of the trees in the japanese pavilion.

There are wonderful examples of spruce bonsai nevertheless especially of the japanese species picea jezoensis and picea glehnii and the european picea abies norway spruce. This is same species that were made famous by kato san. Spruces are not easy to style as bonsai because they hardly backbud and wired branches tend to go back in their old positions again and again. Nice movement on the trunk of this ezo make it extra special.

Those cuttings show just how slow ezo spruce are to grow. I do not posses many conifers at all but this species does intrigue me. The ezo spruce specie picea jezoensis is particularly popular there for saikei but it can be hard to bring in to western countries due to export rules. Forest rock planting ezo spruce bonsai by saburo kato this exceptional classic is a wonderful museum quality bonsai treasure by the true master of forest rock plantings.

James said one should spray the spruce s foliage to reduce its temperature on hot days and that the tree must always be kept moist because it grows surface roots. Out at sea were three islands one of which is known for it s ezo.