Hinoki Cypress Bonsai Tree (Large)- Evergreen Conifer
(Chamecyparis Obtusa "Compacta")
The Cypress Bonsai has regal looks, graceful leaves and branches and cinnamon brown bark.
Normally found in swamps in southern United States. It reached Japan in the last century.
Some helpful tips on its care:
1. Cuttings can be inserted into sand and let grow for two years. Your next Cypress Bonsai.
2. In the third year start training. Using wire train the trunk and branches. Cut off the long branches. You want a low and short branched Bonsai.
3. Shorten or trim the branches in the fall.
4. Be sure to place the Cypress Bonsai in a basin full of water especially during the spring and summer. Just like the swamp they came from.
5. Every two or three years repot the tree.
6. You can collect the seeds and grow more cypress trees.
The rewards of a Cypress Bonsai are many and fulfilling. So try one today.
The art of bonsai trees is an ancient and intriguing skill of training and growing trees into unique and beautiful miniature versions of the full size plants. The word bonsai comes from the Japanese words meaning “tray landscape”, but the art itself originated in China.