bwaynef

Do a search on loblolly pine as bonsai. My very elementary searches have shown that most tend to shun them. I believe its the long needles, though that can be accounted for by general size (ie: large tree.) I don't know how well they respond.

I have what I suspect is a loblolly seedling that I had to pot (if I wanted to keep it). (It was a seedling growing in a Gingko my wife bought me. I kept it 'cause ...why not. That might not be the best reason to keep one though.) This three needle pine has responded to needle plucking pretty well. I haven't gotten around to bud selection and all the other jbp techniques.

I didn't get as much of the rootball as I'd hoped, but its doing well now. It should be noted that I haven't kept it a year and it could well croak. I'd also like to point out again that I don't know the species, only suspect that its loblolly (in part due to the same reasoning: they're everywhere). When I collected it, it was about the size of a pencil and 15" or so.

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