Drewski
Mame
Kadebe
Chumono
don't go to nurseries anymore
Japonicus
Imperial Masterpiece
To good not to share...
Anyone who has seen those movies...did you hear his voice in your head as you read it? I sure did!
Pine_nut
Mame
Great looking mugo!
Drewski
Mame
So this is it. Really. The last ones I’m going buy until I get a chance to work on the ones I’ve got. No, I mean it this time!
The first two are a cultivar called Bonnie Jean, and I think that’s a dwarf cultivar. At least, that’s the impression the 10 year predicted growth statement gave me. They were both growing straight up, so I wired them (not well) to give them some movement.
The third was in the section of the nursery where you can find bonsai like this. I couldn’t resist this little guy. Come summer, he‘ll go into a small pond basket and we’ll see where it goes.
The first two are a cultivar called Bonnie Jean, and I think that’s a dwarf cultivar. At least, that’s the impression the 10 year predicted growth statement gave me. They were both growing straight up, so I wired them (not well) to give them some movement.
The third was in the section of the nursery where you can find bonsai like this. I couldn’t resist this little guy. Come summer, he‘ll go into a small pond basket and we’ll see where it goes.
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Pine_nut
Mame
I haven't heard of the Bonnie Jean mugo. I wonder if there is an exhaustive list of all the different types. I tried compiling my own list but keep hearing about others so it's not exhaustive in the least. Nice looking trees. How many do you own now?
Drewski
Mame
Wires_Guy_wires
Imperial Masterpiece
Didn't Michael Jackson had a song about it?
Bonnie Jean, is not my mugo.
She's just a pine who claims I am the one.
But the tree is not my own.
Flowerhouse
Chumono
Rod McKuen, maybe?
Jean, you're young and alive
Come out of your half-dreamed dream
And grow, if you will, on the top of the hill
Come into my arms, bonnie Jean.
Oldprinter_89
Seedling
Bought mine yesterday. Total noob, hope I haven’t bitten off more than I can chew. Plan to repot late winter/early spring. I’m in SC,USA. Any tips/suggestions as far as pots, soil, root pruning would be great. I don’t plan on tackling any shaping or branch trimming for awhile.
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Pine_nut
Mame
welcome to the cool kid's club! There's plenty to learn here.
Japonicus
Imperial Masterpiece
Wait till late June early July.
Unlike most conifers and deciduous trees, mugo prefer early July.
Check out Vances compiled detailed info on mugo
Tutorial - Compiled Vance Wood on Mugo Pines
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Don't prune off good interior growth.
Keep it outdoors, and follow the resource above.
Oldprinter_89
Seedling
July? Does the climate matter much when considering repotting? July is typically very hot and generally rather dry here that time of year.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Climate doesn't matter as much as what your plant does. If your plant grows roots in July it's a good time to repot. Not much else matters.
In spring energy is being spent on growing foliage, after that energy is stored or making roots, so repotting when it is doing little else is good.
Down there, I would guess the absolute safest time would be the September Full Moon. Since you'll still have some time to grow new roots, and avoid a possible time of inactivity in the hot hot.
I think it's important to remember that though top growth "stalls" in the hot, we have the ability to keep the rootzone producing. Plants are opportunistic. The more roots they grow, the less each one has to work.
Sorce
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
I would hope that you would trash your plans to repot your Mugo late winter to early spring. Late Spring would be better and early summer would be best. Of ccourse I have no idea what your idea for a repot has in your mind.
Yes it seems to in my experience. I've repotted them when the temperatures were in triple digits with no problems, and have lost them doing it in the Spring according to the books. Make up your own minds and do it your way; my way has about a 60 year track record.
Drewski
Mame
I said I was going to stop a few days ago, and I meant it. I really did.
But then I saw these two guys, and they convinced me to bring them home. I was powerless to resist.
Both are Mugo Mops, and will require a great deal of consideration on how I want to approach them.
But then I saw these two guys, and they convinced me to bring them home. I was powerless to resist.
Both are Mugo Mops, and will require a great deal of consideration on how I want to approach them.
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qwerty Bonsai
Mame
“I was powerless to resist.” - LOL
vienna1201
Seedling
Dear all,
I'm reading your posts with great interest and wanted to introduce my first Mugo. I dug it up last October near my Hometown in the central Alps of Austria at around 2000 meters above sea level.
It grew over a large stone and I was able to save most rootage.
If it survives, I currently plan to plant it more upright and go in this direction in the years to come:
Happy for any suggestions
I'm reading your posts with great interest and wanted to introduce my first Mugo. I dug it up last October near my Hometown in the central Alps of Austria at around 2000 meters above sea level.
It grew over a large stone and I was able to save most rootage.
If it survives, I currently plan to plant it more upright and go in this direction in the years to come:
Happy for any suggestions
Vance Wood
Lord Mugo
Trees this big and old should have at least three seasons to recover before you start to work on them. I envy you that you live in an area where Yamadori Mugos are available.
