Pittsburgh Bonsai Society ...to disseminate knowledge, encourage others and PITTSBURGH create interest in the art of bonsai BONSAI SOCIETY April 2008 Newsletter NEXT MEETING The Dawn Redwood MONDAY April 21, 2008, 7:00pm at Phipps Garden Center, Shadyside Bob Grealish will show us the techniques for designing and assembling a special group planting featuring the “Dawn Redwood” (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). He has rom Bob: collected this species from the wilds, grown and, developed A Note F from seed exceptional trees. to the comes There will be many plantswho to pick fromaround at member cost our April everymeeting and therewill will be eaxactly free plant for plants know . The I will with the meeting each. or to $5.00 they arrive group $4.00 after doing be numbers much We will odd how bill. in freight “Think plantings. forest etc”. pot or 3,5,7,9, a shallow and different or stones be two as a stone will class Bring There at the let to use. pots a pot, tray training to order I plastic you what end, because sized soil. If week well as the your tools! before Forget me know Don’t away. will be Bob Dietz Please check our website: MAY MEETING http://pittsburghbonsai.org Azalea Workshop! Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:00pm at Phipps Garden Center, Shadyside You can buy new stock at modest prices, bring your azaleas from past workshops for refining, get advice from members. Don't forget your tools!!! Page 1 April Presentation: Metasequoia Glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood Botanical Terms Botanical Name- All plants have a name that is unique to The Dawn Redwood is native to China. It has been around as long as them and this is often called the Botanical name, although some the dinosaurs and was first brought to the United States in the mid people prefer to use the term: Latin name or Scientific name, 1940's by the Arnold Arboretum. instead. Plant names are based on the Latin language, which was considered the universal language during the 18th century Habit and Form: when a vast majority of the "naming" of newly discovered plants Zone 4 was taking place. Botanical names are descriptive. They A deciduous, coniferous, large tree describe many characteristics specific to that plant such as: the Uniform conical habit place of origin, color, growth habit, leaf size, bark texture, etc. Horizontal branching Botanical names all have two main parts: a genus (generic) name and a species (specific) name: Typically reaches 75' to 100' tall Growth rate is fast Genus- The genus or plant family. Plants in the same genus are Texture is fine and airy in leaf closely related (family). Plants in the same Genus have similar characteristics, so when you see the same genus name you'll Summer Foliage: automatically know something about the plant. Plants in the Leaves are deciduous same genus may interbreed with each other and if they do the Opposite arrangement on branchlets resulting plant is a hybrid (see below). Example: Acer - maple 0.5” long, linear, flat leaves Species- A species is those plants that are the same and will Steams are either persistent or deciduous produce viable offspring. Plants in the same species always Deciduous stems are green and are held on brown, persistent stems interbreed with each other. This certainty makes a species a Deciduous stems, have needles, but do not have buds species. Plants within a species can, because of their Deciduous stems drop in the fall with the needles environment, climate and soil differences, vary in some small Foliage is medium to bright green ways, such as: different leaf color, size, shape etc., so, as a result, within species you can have: sub-species, varieties, cultivars Autumn Foliage: and hybrids. Example: Acer Palmatum – Japanese maple Turns a unique pinkish tan to reddish bronze before dropping in the fall Sub-species- A subspecies is a variety within a species that shows identifiable characteristics different from other Bark: subspecies. It is usually geographically separate from other Shredded reddish brown bark subspecies. These are still able to produce viable offspring when Attractive two subspecies within the same plant species are brought Develops an interesting buttressed trunk together. Example: Acer palmatum ssp. amoenum – Japanese Trunk base is tapered and exhibits a braided, fluted structure red maple “Oshio Beni” Hybrid- A hybrid is a blending of two different species, usually Bonsai Potential: breeding desirable traits into the new plant. When different 9 on a scale of 1-10 species within a family or different families produce offspring, the new plants are called hybrids. Example: Acer x conspicuum Fertilizing: 'Silver Vein' – Snake-bark maple Balanced May to October every week or two Cultivars- cultivars are plants that have features desirable to the person “cultivating” them. These desirable characteristics Winter Care: have been deliberately selected and can be reliably reproduced Very hardy, it can not be allowed to dry out. Mulch heavily in plants under controlled cultivation. Many cultivars are the result of careful breeding, producing hybrids that have desirable leaves, flowers or growth habits. To continue the desired attribute, grafting, layering or cuttings are used to propagate the cultivars. Cultivars are valued, because they insure that a plant Monthly Question And Answer Box will be exactly like the named plant sought. Example: Acer Palmatum Dissectum – Laceleaf Weeping Japanese maple Do you have a bonsai related question? Mail or E-Mail your question to: For your Bonsai supplies support Bob Dietz the store that exists for the society 1525 Connor Rd. South Park, Pa.15219 dietz4771@comcast .net Your question and the answer will 724-348-4771 appear in the next news letter Pots, wire, tools, soil, plants joebonsai.com Bonsai Tree Name Index joebonsai.com Bonsai Tree Name Index CommonCommon Na mNamee BotanicalBotanical Nam Namee Common Name Botanical Name Aeonium Aeonium arboreum var. crestata Calamondin Orange Citrus x African Boxwood, Cape Myrtle Myrsine africana California Incensecedar Calocedrus decurrens Albanian Forsythia Forsythia europaea California Juniper Juniperus californica Alberta Spruce Picea glauca 'Albertiana' California Live Oak Quercus agrifolia Alpine Currant Ribes alpinum California Privet Ligustrum ovalifolium Alpine Fir Abies lasiocarpa Canadian Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis American Beech Fagus grandifolia Canadian Yew Taxus canadensis American Bittersweet Celastrus scandens Carob Tree, St. John's Bread Ceratonia siliqua American Chestnut Castanaea dentata Carolina Hemlock Tsuga caroliniana American Cranberry Vaccinium macrocarpon Carolina Poplar Populus canadensis American Cranberrybush Viburnum Viburnum trilobum Castor Aralia Kalopanax pictus American Elder Sambucus canadensis Cedar Elm Ulmus crassifolia American Elm Ulmus americana Cedar of Lebanon Cedrus libani American Euonymus Euonymus americanus Chenault Barberry Berberis chenaultii American Filbert Corylus americana Cherry Prunus American Holly Ilex opaca Chinaberry, Pride of India Melia azedarach American Hornbeam. Blue Beech Carpinus caroliniana Chinese Banyan Ficus microcarpa American Linden, Basswood Tilia americana Chinese Box Orange Severinia buxifolia American Planetree Platanus occidentalis Chinese Chestnut Castanaea mollissima American Smoketree Cotinus obovatus Chinese Elm, Lacebark Elm Ulmus parvifolia American Snowbell Styrax americanus Chinese Evergreen Oak Quercus myrsinifolia American Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua Chinese Firethorn Pyracantha fortuneana American western Larch Larix occidentalis Chinese Flowering Crabapple Malus spectabilis American Wisteria Wisteria frutescens Chinese Gooseberry, Kiwi Fruit Actinidia chinensis Amur Chokecherry Prunus maackii Chinese Hackberry Celtis sinensis Amur Corktree Phellodendron amurense Chinese Holly Ilex cornuta Amur Honeysuckle Lonicera maackii Chinese Hornbeam Carpinus cordata Amur Maackia Maackia amurensis Chinese juniper Juniperus chinensis Amur Maple Acer ginnala Chinese Lilac Syringa chinensis Anise-tree Illicium Chinese Magnolia Magnolia sinensis Arborvitae Thuja Chinese Mahonia Mahonia fortunei Arizona Cypress Cupressus arizonica Chinese Paper Birch Betula albo-sinensis Atlas Cedar Cedrus atlantica Chinese Photinia Photinia serrulata Australian Pine, Ironwood Casuarina cunninghamiana Chinese Pine Pinus tabuliformis Australian Tea Tree Leptospermum laevigatum Chinese Privet Ligustrum sinense Austrian Pine Pinus nigra Chinese Quince Pseudocydonia Baldcypress Taxodium distichum Chinese Quince Cydonia sinensis Balkan Pine Pinus leucodermis Chinese Redbud Cercis chinensis Balsam Fir Abies balsamea Chinese Stewartia Stewartia sinensis Barbados Cherry Malpighia glabra Chinese Sweet Plum Sageretia thea 'theezans' Barbados Cherry, Surinam Cherry Eugenia uniflora Chinese Tallow Tree Sapium sebiferum Beech Fagus Chinese Wisteria Wisteria sinensis Birds Nest Spruce Picea abies 'Nidiformis' Chinese Zelkova Zelkova sinica Black Ash Fraxinus nigra Climbing Fig Ficus pumila Black Cherry Prunus serotina Climbing Hydrangea Hydrangea anomala petiolaris Black Chokeberry Aronia melanocarpa Cockspur Hawthorn Crataegus crusgalli Black Hills Spruce Picea glauca 'Densata' Colorado Blue Spruce Picea pungens 'Glauca' Black Olive Bucida spinosa Common Alder, Black Alder, European Alder Alnus glutinosa Black Spruce Picea mariana Common Barberry Berberis vulgaris Black Tupelo, Black Gum Nyssa sylvatica Common Box, Boxwood Buxus sempervirens Black Walnut Juglans nigra Common Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica Black Willow Salix nigra Common Chinafir