White Oak Bonsai

The quercus rober english oak quercus lobata valley oak and the quercus muhlenburgii chinquapin oak are prime examples of white oaks.

White oak bonsai. Oak bonsai oaks are one of the great underrated species of bonsai. A cold but frost free greenhouse garage or shed is a good winter place for an oak bonsai tree. The most common of which are white oaks. I went through a great deal of work getting an oak a maple and a willow started when i lost all my bonsai.

The european oak the white oak and other northern oak species are frost hardy when they are growing in the ground but they need winter protection when they are planted in containers. Our goat got into where i was wintering my bonsai and ate all of them to the point every tree died. Oaks are resistant to insects and diseases and many will produce miniature fruit and acorns. Oak is not traditionally used for bonsai in japan but its use began in california in the 1950s.

White oak bark is also possibly safefor most people when applied directly to unbroken skinfor up to 2 3 weeks. White oak bark is possibly safefor most people when taken by mouth for 3 4 days. My oldest bonsai was a japanese white pine i had been training for 10 years. That said there are a wide variety of oak species and a good number are suitable bonsai candidates.

With their small leaves in some varieties tendency to form massive trunks and rough textured bark they give a great impression of a huge old tree in miniature. The large trunks and small leaves of the oak create attractive miniatures of old full grown trees. Although they prefer moist soil they can tolerate a range of soil moistures and a range of climates and temperatures. Height 42 width 42 species.