Korean Bonsai Tree - Bonsai Nature | Ideas for Bonsai

Published on may 5 2013 newly acquired korean lilac bonsai tree is repotted wired and shaped.

Korean bonsai tree. I would actually love to come back some time not in the heart of winter to see the trees in leaf and outside the green houses on display. The leaf size is very small and autumn colour can be exceptional with green yellow pink and browns all at once. Korean hornbeam make great bonsai. An exposed root forest.

It s a short and stubby tree that s about 15 feet tall native to the korean peninsula. About 15 years ago boon brought a korean hornbeam to a bay island bonsai meeting. Carpinus coreana bonsai care about the korean hornbeam bonsai tree the korean hornbeam is a relatively unknown variety of hornbeam. Watch and learn how to repot and wire a korean lilac bonsai tree.

It has slender branches and bright green leaves that emerge from a dark brown shoot. The korean hornbeam or carpinus coreana is a deciduous tree native to north america and asia. The growth rate of the hornbeam species varies greatly which is of particular importance if you are growing them with the intention of having a larger trunked bonsai. Keep this species in full sun but out of drying wind to encourage great autumn colour and feed well with a balanced fertilizer throughout the growing season.

Several years later i found my chance. I decided right then i wanted one. For those travelling through seoul or thinking of visiting i can thoroughly recommend it. It was november and the tree was in fall color.

One of the wings full of bonsai. It was a medium sized tree that had been collected in korea. Beautiful pleated foliage makes the korean hornbeam especially useful in group plantings as well as for specimen bonsai.