Fagus Crenata Bonsai

The white beech is closely related to the well known common beech.

Fagus crenata bonsai. There are some cultivars of the european beech with dark red foliage hanging branches or deeply incised leaves. It should be noted that except for fagus sylvatica beech require long warm summers to thrive and in parts of northern europe the relatively short summers can be disadvantageous to vigorous growth. Though it is fagus sylvatica and fagus crenata that are the two fagus species seen as bonsai. Approximately 40 years old.

The japanese white beech fagus crenata is especially beautiful with its smooth silvery white trunk while the european beech fagus sylvatica has a smooth grey bark and broader leaves. The foliage turns brown in autumn and remains on the tree until spring when new growth pushes off the old leaves. The smooth grey white bark is typical of other beeches. The leaf of the japanese white beech is also more pointed than the leaf of the ordinary beech.

Its fruit called beechnut or beechmast ripens in autumn and is edible. Tree dimensions height x width x depth without pot. Fagus crenata is better known as japanese white beech. There is good potential for other fagus species to make quality bonsai.

Fagus crenata is a marcescent deciduous tree with smooth silvery bark. 360 x 270 x 270 mm. Has 2 long x 1 wide foliage that is a little more oval than the european beech. The most important differences with the fagus sylvatica common beech is that the trunk becomes much more whiter.

Moyogi informal upright age. The smooth grey white bark is typical of other beeches. Has 2 long x 1 wide foliage that is a little more oval than the european beech.