Willow Bonsai From Cutting

Trim the older branches up to a few centimeters in order to maintain its ornamental structure.

Willow bonsai from cutting. Receive 3 very unique live bonsai trees of the willow family. There are several hundred willow species but the most interesting for bonsai is the weeping willow salix babylonica alba tristis salix x sepulcralis chrysocoma. You can take cuttings or clones from a weeping willow tree and grow another weeping willow. Subscribe to get our latest content by email.

Weeping willow bonsai from cutting part 6. We use this field to detect spam bots. The plant requires frequent pruning for growth. Once it rooted i ve been allowing it to grow and then cutting it back hard.

Most types of trees specifically deciduous trees and some conifers are easily propagated using cuttings. I have used ordinary compost to fill the rest of the pot with a cutting in each pot. These tree cuts are healthy large and ready to grow. It has drooping branches and long yellowish twigs which hang down almost to the ground.

It is native to china and is widespread in the northern hemisphere. Get one dwarf weeping willow bonsai 1 black willow bonsai and one white willow bonsai. The optimal size for most trees is five or six nodes long. 1 trim your bonsai tree as you would normally placing the trimmings into a bowl of water as they fall.

Wiring every branch of your weeping willow will keep it in shape. The willow tree roots love to be in water and for this reason i have placed the pots in a tray which has at one. The size of the cuttings should be about about 2 4 tall 5 10 cm and 2 5 mm thick. It is possible to take larger cuttings as well but the chance of getting them to root is slim.

Thick trunk bonsai clones save so much time over growing from seeds. Select a branch of an existing tree and cut it off. I went to a local park and took a cutting from a weeping willow tree. Pruning is one of the most important steps for keeping your weeping willow bonsai beautiful.

How to grow weeping willow bonsai trees from cuttings update part 6. Only keep the cuttings that are at least 3 leaf nodes long or have at least 3 sets of leaves. Weeping willows grow very quickly and require constant pruning to not over grow. This is my weeping willow bonsai.

This is a very convenient way to grow more trees without the long wait of germinating and growing seedlings. You will also need to cut growth back to the main branch every fall once the growing season is over.