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The reason for the graft is to cultivate the White Pine species that have the stomatic lines and the blue color. Most JWPs tend a bit more to the yellow green when grown in full sun and the bluish color in more shaded areas as you have been told. There are a number of cultivars which are all grafted with the exception of the Zuishio which grows well from cuttings. However the Zuishio does not seem to be in cultivation in the West to any extent, in the USA it is doubtful we will see any more of them due to new restrictions on Japanese and Chinese plant improtation. The most common you will find in the nursery trade is know as Glauca. It is a grafted tree and not commonly found under six foot tall around here in Michigan.

If you grow from seed there is no telling what you will come up with. You can order seeds from various sources but there is no gurantee where the seeds came from originally or from what stock. The attrition rate is high so if you go this way don't be dissappointed.

22-Jul-2005	#5
Vance Wood bonsaiTALK ArchMaster Join Date: Sep-2002 Location: Roseville Michigan Country: USA USDA Zone: 5/6 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 2,431	The reason for the graft is to cultivate the White Pine species that have the stomatic lines and the blue color. Most JWPs tend a bit more to the yellow green when grown in full sun and the bluish color in more shaded areas as you have been told. There are a number of cultivars which are all grafted with the exception of the Zuishio which grows well from cuttings. However the Zuishio does not seem to be in cultivation in the West to any extent, in the USA it is doubtful we will see any more of them due to new restrictions on Japanese and Chinese plant improtation. The most common you will find in the nursery trade is know as Glauca. It is a grafted tree and not commonly found under six foot tall around here in Michigan. If you grow from seed there is no telling what you will come up with. You can order seeds from various sources but there is no gurantee where the seeds came from originally or from what stock. The attrition rate is high so if you go this way don't be dissappointed.