Sequoiadendron Giganteum Bonsai Care
It is an evergreen conifer with a distinctive conical outline and drooping branches.
Sequoiadendron giganteum bonsai care. The battle that ensued to get it into a bonsai pot nearly broke me. Giant sequoia bonsai care. Sequoiadendron giganteum giant sequoia. It has attractive red brown spongey bark and dark green awl shaped leaves.
The staff person told me it was brought in by a customer and needed a new pot desperately. With the giant sequoia constantly moist soil is preferred. It will always have to be a container plant so it ll probably be trained as a bonsai at some point. Ideal for formal and informal upright slanting and group styles.
The sequoiadendron giganteum is only unique in its care requirements to other more common bonsai tree species in the water requirements. As normal but spray foliage once or twice a day in the morning and evening to emulate the conditions found in the giant sequoia forest in california that are 1 7 to 2 thousand meters above sea level and so get a lot of cloud moisture in nature morning and evening. Hi just joined bonsai empire i live in liverpool england and bought a 6 foot giganteum 06 03 2019. I found this sequoia giganteum sequoiadendron giganteum at a local nursery here in washington state.
The sequoiadendron giganteum aka giant sequoia sierra redwood or california big tree can be a valuable and useful addition to the landscape garden. Whether you have the good fortune to share your yard with a coast redwood sequoia sempervirens or a smaller member of the genus the three most important care requirements are the same. The lower bottom of the root ball was harder than cement. I took it home and repotted into a wooden box as it was root bound in the pot it came in after reducing the roots to fit the box 5 deep i went onto the net to see if there are any guidelines to root pruning a giganteum.
Now that it is starting to get closer to summer i m concerned about the little guy being outside. Provide young giant sequoia sequoiadendron giganteum with sufficient light water and fertilizer and you will find caring for the most massive tree species in existence is surprisingly. Everything i ve read says that sequoia don t handle heat and humidity well. Most species prefer a wet then dry then wet then dry regimen.
They can be valuable because of their awesome beauty when they are well taken care of and useful as screening plants for privacy and windbreaks.