- Advantages - that convinces of the cedar as a bonsai!
- What can this bonsai look like?
- Choose a location
- What is important in care?
She finds her homeland in Japan. There it populates entire forests in its picturesque growth form and simply looks good. In this country, too, it has a high value among others as a bonsai. Read on and find out why the cedar is ideal as a bonsai and what needs to be considered when handling it!
The cedar is perfect as a bonsai
Advantages - that convinces of the cedar as a bonsai!
The cedar has a number of advantages as a bonsai. Here is a selection:
- crescent needles
- naturally harmonious growth
- symmetrical
- weak-growing
- hardy
- easy-care
- well tolerated by cuts
- not susceptible to diseases and pests
What can this bonsai look like?
You can design this bonsai in many ways. All kinds of styles can be implemented here. Among others, you can keep the cedar strictly upright. Whether a single trunk, a double trunk or multiple trunks, whether in upright growth, in a rock shape or designed to form a forest - there are no limits to the ideas here.
Choose a location
The location for this bonsai is extremely important:
- not suitable as indoor bonsai, only outdoor bonsai
- stand outside all year round, if necessary put in a cold house in winter
- sunny to partially shaded locations
- the lighter, the denser the needle work
- sheltered location
- well suited: balconies, terraces, house entrances, front gardens
What is important in care?
In addition to the wiring (caution: the wood of the cedar hardens quickly) to get the desired shape, cutting is important. You should pluck the new shoots with your fingers when they are about 1 cm long. You can cut longer shoots. The best time for pruning is in summer.
From May to September, the cedar is supplied with a small portion of liquid fertilizer every 2 weeks. Conifer fertilizer, for example, works well. Casting is also important. Especially in summer it has to be watered every 1 to 2 days. Due to its fine roots, the sickle fir does not tolerate dry soil. Use lime-free water for watering to avoid lime stains!
tips
In rough locations, you should rather overwinter your cedar in a cold house or put it outside in its shell in peat and cover it with earth - as protection against excessive frost.