Characteristics
Deciduous shrub or small tree, that can reach 7 meters high. Its leaves are compounds, with oval and dentate leaflets. It produces yellow flowers that grow from the axillary parts of the leaves and that bloom in early autumn and middle of winter. The fruit is a hazelnut-shaped capsule that contains the seeds.
Location
Outdoor plant that needs to be in full sun, or in semi-shade if it is in an area of warm temperatures. It resists temperatures below zero well, but it is sensitive to dry wind.
Watering
Shrub that needs a lot of humidity of its substrate, without flooding it. We will water abundantly when we observe that the surface of the soil is dry.
Does not resist drought.
Fertilization
From spring to mid-autumn with organic fertilizer or liquid NUTRIBONSAI from MISTRAL, applied every two weeks through irrigation water.
Re-potting
Every 2 or 3 years, in early spring, just a bit before the beginning of the annual budding.
After transplanting it is convenient to water with a solution of VITABONSAI from Mistral Bonsai, to accelerate the recovery of the tree.
Substrate
A mixture of 6 parts of Akadama, with 4 parts of volcanic gravel can be used; otherwise, if not available, Mistral Bonsai TERRABONSAI can also be used.
Pruning and pinching
Pruning
Pruning will be done only to give the desired shape.
Pinching
Throughout the growing season we can go lightly pinching, to get a denser crown.
Wiring
It is not a bonsai to which the wiring of its branches is practiced much. However, in case of doing so, it is advisable to do it before the sprouting.
Curiosities
Traditionally the branches were used by the Indians for the manufacture of arches. Medici-nally, Hamamelis contains tannins and flavonoids that provide astringent, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and hemostatic properties.