pine

Hello bonsai nuts out there!! This past fall I was researching the possibility of getting a pine species and treating it like a tropical. One of the species I was looking at was pinus strobiformis aka southwest white pine. I have had this one now with my tropical in their winter area since...

I have never had any issues with animals while over wintering conifers, until now. Deciduous, yes rabbits trim back any of my young maple, birch and a few others, normally not a huge problem for my young trees. It grows back. But this made me so mad. Something stripped every last needle off of...

I purchased and did initial styling on this nursery mugo about 1 month ago in early December 2024. I was so ready to style it (typical), I forgot to take a before picture! As a new member and totally obsessed bonsai hobbyist, I would love to participate if some1 gives me a pass for not including...

Hello Bonsai gurus, After the sad demise of my last pine (thread - https://www.bonsainut.com/threads/is-my-pine-dying.66907/), I eagerly wanted to try another one. I found an online store selling Japanese Black Pines (they are very rare here, and not available at most offline nurseries) and...

Hello all, I have some Rocky Mountain Pine (Pinus aristata) seedlings that I started in February and have been doing well so far. However, their needles have begun to change color, which I read is normal, but have begun to lose a couple needles of a yellow color and some needles have become...

Hello! Long time reader, first time poster. I’ve been a bonsai hobbyist for about 3 years now. I’ve been scouring the internet for information along the way. Thank you to everyone on here for making this site a great resource. Enough about me, more about trees and bonsai. I acquired this 3...

Hi! Had this JWP for over a year, it is healthy enough. I forgot to turn the tree this year on the bench- the back side of the tree was against fence so did not get much sun… Need some advice on selecting primary branches. How to go about it for pines and bonsai? And how to take this tree...

Hi! Would like some advice on best ways to remove pine branches relating to healing scars. For example, I am aware of two approaches 1 cut and leave a small stub - then take it off 2 cut to flesh to the main trunk - let it heal how can I avoid ugly healing scars? For example see the...

Hi! I struggled with styling this dwarf scots pine - nursery material. It has got 4 inch trunk but has a lot branches. Please advice on some potential styles would be suited for this tree and also possible branch selection ideas. Any thoughts would be welcoming. Thanks!

Hi All, had this JWP for 3 years and it's been very healthy until now. Once colder fall temps hit, needles started losing chlorophyll and started to turn pale yellow. Needles don't seem to be dead as they're still firmly attached and look different to actual dead needles which are brown and...

Can someone help me ID this pine. It was collected in the 4 corners area of New Mexico. My plant ID app says either Red Pine or Shortleaf Pine, but then says neither species is native to that area?? First picture is after collecting others are current pictures. Thank you!

Hello fellow Bonsai Nutz A few weeks ago I gently removed these little pines from my friends deck. There were a bunch that had been growing, naturally, up out of the small spaces between the deck boards, so I decided to try and save a few. This little container was all I could find at the time...

Hi, Looking for some advice on improving this JWP. Got it last summer and fed it well this year. It looks healthy now- thinking about next steps to improve it. What would you do? One thing I plan is to do some root work next spring and repot it with bonsai soil. Can I cut a few big roots -...

Found a local guy who has a cool little nursery in his backyard here in WNC (Candler) and has a lot of pre bonsai stuff picked this up and looking for any advice for a first time with JBP. Figured at the very leas you guys can appreciate the pic 🤷‍♂️.

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...

Updated version, I'm leaving version 1 online for historical reference. If you prefer a black and white printable version, please send me a PM or edit it yourself. Any feedback is appreciated, please send it to me in a PM so that we can discuss it further together. I do not plan on making a...

I drove three hours West today on a whim to check out a personal collection and came back with this Japanese White Pine. It's not perfect but overall I'm happy with it. The graft scar is super distracting (not sure if there is any way to remedy that but input is appreciated) ,it desperately...

Basically what the title says! Been growing this little one from seed for a month, when the seed first popped off the needles where flared out (see pic 1) however the next day they had moved into an upright position (see pic 2). I have been hardening off this seedling, however may have done so...

Hello all! Last week I have collected this rather young Mugo pine from a crumbling clay ravine. Unfortunately after I started digging it I realised that has 2 tap roots going straight down, which left me with a rather small rootball. Also the roots came out with absolutely no soil on them...

Thank you @cmeg1 for these beautiful little ninos. Here will be the story of their journey 👽👍🏼 Meet Walter and The Dude……. Walter The Dude Follow along!!! “Smokey, this is not ‘Nam. This is bowling. There are rules.”

Hello all. I am getting into Bonsai; my husband and I have a double dwarf boxwood we are working on from a nursery. It is doing very well. My husband was born and raised in Oregon but moved away for work. I want to get him a Douglas fir to bonsai to remind him of home. Do they do well? Online...

Anyone have a Jack pine for sale? I recently learned about the pine while hiking in the White Mountains in NH (there’s some pockets of it) and I’d love to get one to work with. Looking for something a little older if not necessarily bigger (chumono or smaller). $500 or less is what I’m...

Wanted to start a thread to document the journey of a Pitch Pine I collected with a friend in March of 2023. The tree was originally found to be growing in a small pocket on top of a large granite boulder. I hiked to the tree in the Fall of 2022 to find that it had blown over in its pocket...

Good Morning Everyone, I'm in the process of planning out a major slab composition for a collected Pitch Pine and I have thought of a few questions during planning. I collected the tree in question Spring of 2023 so I have another season until I will be thinking of repotting at all, but I want...

Hello all! I hope this is an ok place to ask this, but I am wondering if any of you fine folks know of any recommendations of places online (or in person) to buy larger ornamental trees for the landscape (specifically pine) suitable for Niwaki. I live in zone 8b, more specifically, Dallas...