Beech
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Beech Hedge at Meikleour
On a recent journey to the Scottish Highlands, while traveling north of Perth, (on the A93 to Braemar) I happened across this amazing hedge that runs alongside the main road.
Description: The Green Beech, is Native to most of Central Europe and grows to a Magnificent 40m.
Beech make excellent Bonsai, there are types of Beech spread throughout the world's temporate zones.
Beeches, Elms and Zelkova. Easing these densely twigged trees from seedlings is fascinating, but requires patience. In the spring their tender young foliage is a delicate green.
Beech can't increase branches by cutting leaf.
The branch point which tends to become strong is cut after 1 bud or 2 bud, and it tries so that it doesn't make the twig of the bottom grow weak.
BEECH. I've always enjoyed the bark's color and style. It has nice leaves that turn a golden color in the fall (autumn) and then remain thru much of the winter.
BEECH:
American, Fagus grandifolia
European, Fagus sylvatica
BIRCH:
White, Betula papyrifera or B. pendula ...
Japanese beech - Fagus crenata
Chinese quince - Chaenomeles sinesis
Macranthum Azalea - Rhododendron indicum ...
Japanese Beech Forest
(For all the images in this article, my thanks to the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum, Washington, D.C.)
Introduction ...
Beech Bonsai History (fagus sylvatica)
Berberis Bonsai History (berberis thunbergii atropurpurea)
Box Bonsai History (buxus sempervirens)
Cedar Bonsai History 1 (cedrus libani nana)
Cedar Bonsai History 2 (cedrus libani nana) ...
Often you can train a plant into several styles, even if it is basically upright like a beech or elegantly slender like a maple. Even if one style only really suits a particular plant, you still can interpret this in many different ways.
One the other end of the spectrum you have species like beech, Fagus, that have strongly determinate buds. Beech will usually only form one set of buds and leaves a year, although an occasional hard pruning will force dormant buds to break.
Dave DeGroot explained the methods used on beech (Fagus) tree bonsai to increase ramification and dwarf leaves. This same technique works well for hombeams (Carpinus).
The usual plants used in Japan are varieties of pine, azalea, camellia, maple, beech, bamboo and plum. The plants are grown outdoors and brought in to the tokonoma at special occasions when they most evoke the current season.
Many species of trees are suitable for growing as outdoor bonsai. They include beech, apple blossom, crab apple, scots pine, black pine, oak, rowan, yew, Chinese elm, box and maple.
For those new to bonsai some species are especially recommended.
Deciduous species, such as the Japanese Maple, or beeches, are naturally well-suited to this style.
Some fruit trees, such as Pomegranate or Crab Apple, may also serve the purpose.
Rusts are fungal diseases that cause raised, brown or orange areas to develop on the underside of leaves (which can sometimes be seen from above the leaf) particularly on Beech and Birch species.
Recommended Species: Most species of plants are suitable for this style, mainly the Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum), Trident Maple (Acer buergerianum), Beech, practically all Conifers and other ornamental trees such as the Crab Apple, ...
Deciduous species, such as the Japanese Maple variety of Bonsai, or beeches, are naturally well-suited to this type of Bonsai style. Some fruit trees, such as Pomegranate or Crab Apple, may also achieve the desired effect.
Sinuous or root linked - Netsuranari
Plants suited for this style are five-needle pine, needle juniper, beech and flowering quince.
To sum up, anyone with green fingers can grow bonsai, and to anyone accusing you of crimes against nature, smile sweetly and ask them when it was they last chopped down their roses, or beech hedge. Continue to maintenance tips..
When choosing which bonsai tree to grow, there are some factors that can make it easier or harder for you to grow certain varieties. Some tree species that are easy to grow and are commonly trained in bonsai include maple, oak, beech and lark.
in China and spread to Japan where it underwent much modification prior to its dissemination to the western world. The Japanese use the trees found in their backyards and woods which are native temperate zone species such as pine, maple, beech etc.
This style is quite common and very easy to train. Informal upright types of bonsai trees style are suitable for Beech, Japanese maple and Trident Maple trees while the slant style can be done on almost any bonsai tree.
 See also: Bonsai, Tree, Species, Plant, Trunk
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