Red Alder Bonsai

These fast growing trees often grow 1 meter per year until 20 years of age.

Red alder bonsai. The trees are medium sized reaching various heights from 15 to 30 meters tall when mature. Placement and fact that it is in a terra cotta azalea pot make this tree completely wrong in terms of traditional bonsai rules of aesthetics but i don t. Training of the apricot as bonsai is quite difficult especially pruning because the inner branches tend to die and the twigs and branches are hard to wire because they are very brittle. My red alder bonsai coming out of dormancy for the year.

The alder is a versatile outdoor bonsai tree and can be styled in many shapes. A deciduous tree that grows in eye catching groves. The leaves on a red alder are tightly rolled under along the edges while those on a white alder are more flat. The trees can live to 100 years of age with trunks from 36 to 46 cm in diameter.

Red alder is a deciduous tree native to the pacific northwest of north america. Red alder is the largest species of alder in north america and one of the largest in the world reaching heights of 20 to 30 m 66 to 98 ft. 2 of our nerdy about nature tree guide series identifies the red alder. This species is called red alder because the scraped or bruised tree barks develop a bright rusty reddish hue.

Both have multiple stems arising from the roots and you can tell them apart by their leaves. A classic herald of spring in japan with simple strongly scented white pink or red flowers which appear singly on the leafless tree and make a lovely contrast to the black gnarled trunks. Red alder wood is soft and even grained and is used particularly for firewood but native americans have used it for a variety of small items such as bowls. Red alder alnus rubra fall creek willamette national forest oregon usa duration.

The alder tree prefers full sun or partial shade. Other common names of red alder are alnus serrulata canyon alder hazel alder mountain alder oregon alder river alder smooth alder tag alder thinleaf alder and western alder. Red alder is a member of the betulaceae family. Robert mutch 397 views.

The name derives from the bright rusty red color that develops in bruised or scraped bark. It makes a good solo or group specimen. Sitka and thinleaf alders reach heights of no more than 25 feet 7 5 m. In the height of summer you.

The official tallest red alder 1979 stands 32 m 105 ft tall in clatsop county oregon us.