Flowering Dogwood Bonsai
This tree was imported by joe harris which he used as a demo tree at.
Flowering dogwood bonsai. Dogwood trees selecting a seed or graft for your flowering dogwood bonsai. Placement of your dogwood bonsai. If you re interested in native species as bonsai this tree is available at our miscellaneous bonsai page. Plant your dogwood in a well drained potting container.
The dogwood tree is a good selection for bonsai. Not seeing the tree in person i am only guessing. Dogwoods are outdoor bonsai and will not survive without a dormant season. The flowering dogwood cornus florida is a southern icon.
Yet as bonsai they re hard to come by and not so easy to develop. The graft is low it is not creating a visual problem so it is perfectly acceptable as bonsai. We recently added a dogwood cornus kousa to our collection at rakuyo. If when you bought the dogwood it had a specific cultivar name beyond flowering dogwood then it most likely was grafted.
Their cousin the roughleaf dogwood cornus drummondii on the other hand is a delight as a bonsai subject. Dogwoods trees are loved by many due to the masses of blooms they produce in early spring. Don t get me wrong i love both species but each has its own features. Yet as bonsai they re hard to come by and not so easy to develop.
You ll find that the dogwood species will grow easily from. How to grow your own dogwood bonsai watering dogwood bonsai. You can start dogwood bonsais from a dogwood tree in your yard because there is no such thing as a bonsai tree seed. In order to make your tree a bonsai you.
The dogwood tree even as bonsai blooms fragrant white blossoms during the summer months and is quite showy with attractive and colorful fall foliage. That in turn requires frequent watering. Dogwood bonsai trees are miniature versions of the outdoor dogwood trees complete with blooms. I ve been wanting a dogwood bonsai for a while now mostly because the town we live in milwaukie oregon minutes outside of portland is known as the dogwood city of the west.
Your dogwood bonsai will need to be placed in a pot with excellent draining. Soil conditions and potting tips. Roughleaf dogwood is much easier to develop into a well ramified specimen than its cousin the flowering dogwood. It is a hardy tree that adapts quickly to pruning and the indoor environment.
But it does look grafted to me.