Podocarpus Bonsai Shaping
A podocarpus tree is suitable for small to large bonsai.
Podocarpus bonsai shaping. In southern asia the podocarpus is a very common bonsai and very large specimen in huge concrete or stone pots are often seen in front of parks properties company buildings or hotels. However you should stay with a chinese yew in a bonsai pot at the existing size as podocarpus grows slowly. Hardwood cuttings require the use of rooting hormone and bottom heat. As it is a tropical plant the podocarpus is not frost hardy and needs a warm place all year round and therefore it is a popular indoor bonsai.
Trim the green tips of the podocarpus to shape the tree or encourage fullness. Shaping full shoots we need to shape the wires from august to march older branches at any time but beware they are fragile. Left unpruned the commonly grown tree species japanese yew podocarpus macrophyllus reaches heights of 30 to 40 feet and will grow mainly in u s. Act in july or august to experience a second flush of growth.
Zakracujeme with care accrete only once a year. Prune the outermost growth very lightly to create hedges. It can be styled freely upright moyogi style strictly upright chokkan style or inclined shakan style as a multi stem or group. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones.
The best method seems to be simply to place softwood preferably new growth cuttings in water until roots form and then transplant them into a quality bonsai soil with good drainage.