Yezo Spruce Bonsai
Ezo spruce are sometimes referred to as jezo or yezo spruce picea jezoensis or picea yezoensis and even sakhalin spruce though that s a really a different species picea glenii.
Yezo spruce bonsai. To maintain the health of a spruce bonsai in the contained growing environment you will need to supplement the soil. The taikan bonsai museum is the ward of shinji suzuki onetime student of hamano and now one of the better known practitioners in the field. Care guide for the quite similar spruce bonsai tree picea. Most or perhaps all of the specimen quality ezo bonsai in japan and most likely in the world were collected on sakhalin an island north of japan.
Jezo spruce is very closely related to sitka spruce picea sitchensis. Outdoor bonsai also include deciduous trees meaning that their leaves change with the seasons. Sharing my new ezo spruce. Its needles thankfully somewhat blunter and less sharply spine tipped than the sitka spruce it is also occasionally planted as an ornamental tree in large gardens but is most popular for creating beautiful bonsai specimens.
It has shorter needles than the european spruce and sometimes a more elegant shape but has very similar needs. Located in obuse the. They are some of the most popular bonsai trees in japan where they re highly appreciated for their vigor and asperity. It should be protected from strong frost.
Yezo spruce picea jezoensis the japanese spruce is rare sought after and expensive. In the spring and fall the tree can be misted along with keeping the soil wet. 7 minutes 18 seconds. The ezo spruce specie picea jezoensis is particularly popular there for saikei but it can be hard to bring in to western countries due to export rules.
During the winter months the spruce will need watering less often. Spruce bonsai trees require soil that is kept moist but never saturated. I do not posses many conifers at all but this species does intrigue me. Most common types of bonsai such as juniper pine and spruce trees are outdoor plants and should be exposed to the seasons like their larger counterparts.
Copy of bonsai tree styling yamadori spruce bonsai duration. Spruces are not easy to style as bonsai because they hardly backbud and wired branches tend to go back in their old positions again and again. There are wonderful examples of spruce bonsai nevertheless especially of the japanese species picea jezoensis and picea glehnii and the european picea abies norway spruce. These include maple elms and gingko.
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