found me some nice white pines.

[Nwaite]

Found a spot off the side of my drive full of small narly looken WP. Only dug up one... beat up some others and left them for another year.

Any one know of some good reading material on w.p.? I have what I think is a nice one iv been playing around with for a few years but would like to get some good info on them to help move thing along.

Oh and should I snip some of the ends on the new growth off the branches? My other one I have iv just been pinching half the candles off befor they open.

 

[RickMartin]

Check out Giga's thread..very informational.

Rick

 

[petegreg]

I would recommend no pruning and no wiring for this and maybe next season. Let it recover, feed it, water and mist. Now you need to let it adjust to new environment and get it strong. The most important is new root growth. Watch Ryan Neil's Pine Lectures videos. Disregard he's talking about scots pines, the first years after collecting are similar generally...

 

[Nwaite]

I have found that for me these do not back bud... that's why I was asking if I should start trimming now... or let it grow.

Thanks for the info both of you. I'll look them up.

 

[Adair M]

Would these be Eastern White Pines?

If so, be prepared for frustration. They will always have long needles, long internodes, refuse to backbud, will always look "sparce", have smooth juvenile bark for 20 to 25 years.

If none of these attributes bother you, have fun!

 

[Giga]

Just be aware that native EWP are not good candidates for bonsai, and they need to be much much larger then yours to be passable. With these I would honestly plant them in the landscape and move on to another tree. You need a lot of grafting n such to make these work and even then the trunk may be to small.

 

[Vance Wood]

I suppose and hope to be proved wrong but I have never seen a fully developed bonsai of EWP bonsai, and I have been doing this for a while. From the looks of the growth on your tree you are not getting enough light.

 

[Giga]

I suppose and hope to be proved wrong but I have never seen a fully developed bonsai of EWP bonsai, and I have been doing this for a while. From the looks of the growth on your tree you are not getting enough light.

mine seems to be making good strides
http://www.bonsainut.com/threads/pinus-strobus-dont-hate.16992/page-2

 

[Dav4]

Another at the NC Arboretum in Asheville...

 

[Giga]

Another at the NC Arboretum in Asheville...

that one is very old or has been grafted to have bark like that

 

[Adair M]

I'm going with "very old".

No one in their right mind would graft on EWP foliage!

 

[jeanluc83]

EWP is one of those trees that I just wish was better suited for bonsai.

 

[Dav4]

I'm going with "very old".

No one in their right mind would graft on EWP foliage!

I'm betting "very old" too. I think it's been in training as a bonsai for some time, probably measured in decades, and was almost undoubtedly collected first. I know the NC Arb. keeps meticulous records on their trees, so someone in contact with Arthur Joura could probably find out.

 

[Waltron]

ive found that these do backbud, and can grow compact, but in the ground. so I would say put in the ground, and work on it in the ground and eventually re collect it from the ground to put in a pot once it shows compact growth, probably 3-4 years of no wire or pruning minimum to get it start acting right.

 

[Adair M]

I'm betting "very old" too. I think it's been in training as a bonsai for some time, probably measured in decades, and was almost undoubtedly collected first. I know the NC Arb. keeps meticulous records on their trees, so someone in contact with Arthur Joura could probably find out.

But even then, the best part of the tree is the old trunk. Great bark, for sure. But the foliage? Thin, sparce, long internodes, droopy, needles are long...

Now, if someone were to graft Japanese Red pine on that trunk...

 

[Giga]

But even then, the best part of the tree is the old trunk. Great bark, for sure. But the foliage? Thin, sparce, long internodes, droopy, needles are long...

Now, if someone were to graft Japanese Red pine on that trunk...

hehehe I have a red pine for this