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7-Jan-2005
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
 
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Pinus strobus bonsai - an oxymoron?
Vance -
I should be impressed with the added character that the accident added to you your tree (and I am), however, the initial jaw-dropping awe that I experienced, was directly related to the species of tree. P. Strobus! - I have never seen a Pinus strobus bonsai and have always heard that they never made a believeable bonsai - but I believe this one! This is so exciting to me. I have several volunteers that have been growing on my property for 20 years. (P. strobus is a dominant native tree here). I have dutifully candle pruned them for many years but they don't quite look like bonsai material. (The trees are about 3 feet talll with 3 inch trunks. They have plenty of low branches but I can't induce back buds). You have given me hope - and I will quit listening to those P. strobus nay-sayers and will take inspiration from your tree. Thanks for your post. -Candy |
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9-Jan-2005
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bonsaiTALK Artisan
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takes a while though...
Hi Candy,
Well to be very frank and honest other species of pine will 'mature' into bonasi much quicker. I was 'dumb' and not well financed 30yrs ago. Consquently I did a lot of collecting of indigenous species found here in the temperate zone 5/6. I have several species including the one Strobus, a Larch forest on my gallery site (here at this forum) but also picea negra or black pine found here and throughout Canada, and East. Also, a double trunk (from the nebari) Douglas Fir. At this point the P.Strobus is responding very nicely to needle plucking and back budding like it should. I do have even better photos and more recent so I'll try to find them and post. Sometimes ignorance leads to discovery. Thanks for your fine comments. Have fun with your bonsai
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12-Jan-2005
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Candy, Your attitude and willingness to accept new thoughts give me new hope.  Will |
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13-Jan-2005
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bonsaiTALK Artisan
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P.Strobus,indigenous to NE.American Cont
New England, USA, North to Canada, and south to the Carolinas/Georgia. West maybe to Iowa..don't know for sure. They are a five needle white pine. Needles run anywhere from 10cm~15cm in length. They have fairly long internodes and are a soft pine.
Sure I've seen cultivars with shorter needles, Toshio is one. However to the ardent bonsai community they shun them like the plague. As an 'imported' species, P.Sylvestrus or Scots Pine is much more likely to become a fine bonsai. And a lot faster! I collected several P.Strobus early in my 'collecting days' about 30 or so years ago. I have one of them in my front yard, cut and trimed to 'appear' as a bonsai with a trunk diameter at the base (nebari) of over 25cm. This tree is only a meter high. I keep telling myslef that I'm going to plant it in a pot (I do have a few pots that it would work well with..) I'll take a photo of a mature tree and post it somehow for you. best, vance hanna
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