mugo pine

This might be discussed elsewhere but I couldn’t find the answers I was looking for. When doing an initial/first styling on pines (mugo in this case), is it better to wire over the old needles or remove them. In this case I kept them and wired over them because I already removed a lot of...

I was at Lowe's today picking up some pond baskets and I decided to take a look at their Mugo Pine selection. They have 5 left and there was one that stuck out to me. It has a little bit of reverse taper but hopefully that can be fixed at a later date. They were asking $52 which is insane this...

I couldn't find any Mugos locally, so purchased one online. Just received it. I appreciate how much room the shipper gave, just in case the tree had a growth spurt during shipping... It came in a burlap sack, and was a jumbled mess of branches - everything I could have hoped for from nursery...

Hi to all, a bit of update on my mugo pine that I bought this winter. Here is a link to my firs post. Thread 'Mugo pine' https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/mugo-pine.62925/ So all I have done for now I just cut the candles as suggested to 6 pairs of needles. It can’t really see very much back...

Hello, I just picked up a dwarf mugo from the nursery and I’m fairly new to bonsai. I need help on a style for the mugo’s first styling. It has about a 3 1/2 inch base but there is a large first branch and a straight trunk. What do y’all think I should consider as design options? Or orientation...

Been wanting to learn to work with mugo for a while and this is the right opportunity. Found this guy at a big box store a few weeks ago. A bit hard to photograph it well but seems to have a nice trunk.

I’ve had this little mugo for a couple of years now. I think I repotted it into this blue plastic container last year. Here it is in spring 2024:

This is my first pine it’s been a couple of months since thinning it out and trimming buds down to 2 per branch. Today I did some major chops to create taper and also did some wiring to creat some style. The lower right branch will most likely be a sacrificial branch after the trunk thickens up...

Hi my fellow bonsai lovers. Bought myself a Mugo pine from a nursery (Mughos variety), after cleaning dead twigs and cleaned the nabary I found some nice trunk, the usual worls and some leggy branches. I’m not to experienced with pines at all so looking for some guidance in the right...

Just picked up this mugo and Austrian for half off today $10 and $20. I did some minor root work on the mugo when clearing out the trunk and put it in the pond basket. Nothing too major. Cut a few branches off of it. But now I’m kinda stuck wondering what to do. I read doing this kind of work on...

Here's a couple pines in front of my grandmother's house. She wants to remove them and put in a porch next spring. They are two needle and, though I'm no expert on pines, I'm fairly certain they're mugo. They were planted in 1992 from nursery stock. No clue how old the nursery stock was but...

Got a couple that have roots in this netted sac. Per Vance's suggested material, B&B mugo should be put in netted pot to leave alone but any idea when this should be done? Should I wait for summer for that? as most of the work with mugo seems to be in summer, just wondering if I can repot...

Hello all, just got this teenie ugly duckling of a Mugo (Mountain) Pine for $14 but I think it has potential. My question is this: it has a cluster of stubs right at the center where the trunk thins out (see photos), is there an opportunity for those to back bud with this species? Or is it...

Here is my discount Mugo from today I tried to do the @Vance Wood way. I went through and gently combed out some roots, I tried to barely touch them/ I did not really do much root pruning. I know you can but I decided not to this time around. I found my front I like and only took off 1 major...

Hello I had tried the Mugo pine and Silverbirch stratification and germination before unfortunately with 0% success I was wondering if anyone has had any success and getting these little buggers to germinate. All info would be much appreciated thank you very much

Here is my second mugo. I have a good trunk so far, nice movement, but the typical octopus mugo look. I did an initial prune but think I can take off a bit more. I want to keep it about 1/3 reduction and then next year do a repot in a pond basket with a pumice lava mix. The roots are pretty...

Palafr01 here and I'm back with another thread. This time I need some advice and guidance on this mugo pine (slow mound cultivar). Quick timeline so far: Sept/Oct 2020. purchased tree. Nov 2020. cut back to an existing branchlet at "apex" hoping it would gain strength. Branchlet...

I am goin to use this as a place to document my journey with this Mugo pine. First picture is when I bought it at a nursery and did a slip pot/ light prune at the INCORRECT TIME which I later learned. This was in March 2022. From then on I have not touched it and had it in full sun etc. I did...

Hi everyone I'm looking for some advice on sowing and germination of Dwarf Mugo Pine seeds in the southern hemisphere. It's a species I've been wanting to get for a while, but due to the laws and restrictions in place in South Africa, it's seriously hard to get any actual material. I've finally...

Got this mugo pine back last year around summer time at Lowe's. Earlier this year I was really considering if I even wanted to spend my time trying to bonsai this guy, but figured what the hell, gives me a chance to have more experience with pines. Did my first repot with it today. Mostly went...

Since I started doing bonsai in the early 2000s, I have always repoted my trees late winter or early spring, apart from some specific species like Olive and wild Olive. As you all know, specifically about Mugo pines (and other species) there are two streams when it’s about repoting them: -Late...

Originally came from nursery stock, which I failed to take pictures of. Decandled it last year. Here it is in a bonsai pot (2021): I’m rather nostalgic about the pot, although it’s just a cheap mass produced one. The pot originally belonged to the juniper mallsai I bought from Lowe’s back in...

As usual, I forgot to take a picture of the tree before working on it. Didn’t take a picture of the lace rock either. Did a root-over-rock planting at a Pauline Muth workshop. I guess I paid attention in class because it’s still alive and kicking. Here it is in fall 2021:

I know half bare root is a thing. And I know a root ball is a thing. I also know that Mugos and other conifers can have their root balls sawn in half. So I'm thinking that "half ball" should be a thing. Example: "I took the advice of bonsai veterans and half balled a mugo after father's day...

Saw this mugo at the Lowes today, priced at $120. Its pricey for me, any ideas if it will be a good bonsai specimen, new to bonsai world.