Monterey Cypress Bonsai Care

Therefore your bonsai must be maintained in a cool cold environment during the winter season.

Monterey cypress bonsai care. The western garden book describes it as a fast growing windbreak tree in coastal conditions and that limits its use as bonsai somewhat. Feel the soil about an inch below the surface. Plant to the front of dark green trees and shrubs or among purple or red leaved plants for exceptional contrast. However it is fast growing achieving around 40 to 60cm per year so if space is limited light pruning to keep the tree in check is a good idea.

One version is very similar to how they grow around here in a forest environment up away from the coast a bit heavy on one side and lean and dead on the other. The bald cypress bonsai is a living miniature tree and not a house plant. It is in the same genus as the arizona cypress the tecate cypress and the italian cypress. My 2 ideas for it are drawn out in 2 of the 4 attachments.

The monterey cypress was originally found on the monterey peninsula in california. The tree experiences year round growth. When planted well as with the majority of hedging plants it will call for little attention. The demonstration tree was planted for awhile in the ground to speed its growth.

The monterey cypress cupressus macrocarpa were planted by the us army in the 1880s. 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. I bought this monterey cypress a couple months ago from a local nursery and chopped and trimmed it the other day. This incident can be copied by the bonsai artist in order to achieve shorter needles on more compact shoots and extra ramification.

The lemon cypress is also known as the gold crest cultivar and gets its name from the characteristic strong lemon scent that it gives off when anyone brushes against the leaves or crushes the foliage. This helps the first and second flush of growth develop and adds to decreasing the needle size needles grow longer if the tree doesn t get enough sunlight. Monterey cypress is generally used as a hedging conifer. Place the pine bonsai outside in full sun.

But it is necessary that the growing season is long enough for the second flush to fully develop. But a general tip is to water bonsai every day during the growing season and every other day in dormancy. Bonsai also require repotting every one to three years. This dwarf evergreen has a tight columnar shrub like habit with exceptional golden yellow fragrant foliage.

An easy to grow container plant specimen or hedge.