Northern White Cedar Bonsai

Northern white cedar thuja occidentalis by paul chong of the toronto bonsai society.

Northern white cedar bonsai. Firm the surface of the soil in the pot and spread a 1 2 inch layer of sphagnum moss over the surface. This dwarf evergreen tree has finely textured almost feathery fan like foliage. Thuja occidentalis northern white cedar arborvitae badger bonsai society madison wi area thuja occidentalis or northern white cedar arborvitae grown throughout wisconsin except the southwest portion. Northern white cedar forest beginnings 3 years 10 months ago 22955 parker wrote.

Though there are several other notable cedars on the toronto bonsai society s website paul s jumped out at me. This white cedar thuja occidentalis belongs to paul chong of the toronto bonsai society and the lakeshore bonsai blog. In order to train them first i would have needed to pot them all in 9 separate pots and then wait until spring anyway to really wire everything good. It is an evergreen coniferous tree with feathery foliage in moderately flattened sprays green to blue green in color.

However farther north and in canada it appears on well drained slopes usually in with hardwoods. Step 3 prune your cedar tree to begin forming the desired shape. Can be gently sheared for perfect spheres or allowed to mature naturally into an oval shape. Two of the three cedars in this post are by paul chong.

Dasu bonsai studios. White cedars grace much of northern new england though the best ones for bonsai are usually found further north in quebec and ontario along the escarpments and near the northern tree line where sparse rocky soil and cold winds provide just the right degrees of difficulty for spectacular wild bonsai like this one. Transfer the cedar to the bonsai pot planting it in coarse well drained soil with a high sand content. And incidentally toronto is actually west of vermont not north.

It is a species of chamaecyparis native to the atlantic coast of north america from maine south to georgia with a disjunctive population on the mexican gulf coast from florida to mississippi. It grows usually in moist areas where it is often found in dense stands. Thuja occidentalis also known as northern white cedar eastern white cedar or eastern arborvitae is an evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family cupressaceae which is native to eastern canada and much of the north central and upper northeastern united states but widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. Northern white cedar bunjin home about dasu ordering information bonsai training notes bonsai articles bonsai fairie secrets links contact.