Prune in the summer by trimming back new shoots. Leave wire in place for 3-6 months, and make sure damage to the bark is prevented. Once the wires are placed, the tree’s branches and trunk can be gently bent into the desired position. The wires are wrapped around the trunks in a counter clockwise direction and should be of sufficient thickness to hold the branch in place. Using wire to shape this bonsai is possible when the tree is dormant from early winter to early spring. Fertilizing:įertilize this bonsai from late spring to late summer with a well balanced organic fertilizer. Do not allow this tree to go without ample moisture as it is not drought tolerant. The best way to ensure proper moisture levels is to reach down an inch or two into the soil with a finger. You Dawn Redwood Bonsai will prefer moist, deep, well drained soil.
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Though this tree will grow best in full sun outdoors, Redwood Bonsai are well suited for growing outdoors as long as they are given plenty of abundant sunlight and southern exposure and ample humidity which will ensure proper growth for the tree. This bonsai will do best in conditions that provide ample humidity and moderate warmth. Also, in the hottest part of the summer, it is wise to be vigilant about moisture levels in the air as well as in the soil. If your Dawn Redwood Bonsai is to be an outdoor specimen, it will require ample protection from extreme cold and frost during the dormant season. Dawn Redwood Bonsai trees feature trunks with reddish bark that are well grooved and strikingly straight and slim if the trunk is especially large and heavy it will be well suited as a formal upright. Redwood Bonsai trees make wonderful sights and this can be attributed to the way in which the Redwood tapers away from its root flare which is broad and heavy. The needles are deciduous and quite pretty in the fall when the airy light green spray turns to yellow and then to bronze before shedding from the trees. The original Dawn Redwood Bonsai trees are hearty conifers that have a lacey type of needled foliage on gracefully upswept branches. In its natural Habitat, the Dawn Redwood quickly reaches heights up to 110 feet with a 25 foot spread. This particular Redwood is a true Redwood quite like the American Redwood and is an incredible bonsai specimen because they are really relics of bygone times which truly make them living fossils that will delight every bonsai enthusiast with their beauty and majestic stature. Known as the “Dinosaur Tree”, the quick growing Dawn Redwood or Metasequoia glyptostrobides, was originally found in Manchuria, China and is one of the most exciting of the redwood family Having once been feared to have become extinct being known only through fossils, the Dawn Redwood was rediscovered in the forties and was planted in the US in 1948.
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