American White Pine Bonsai

Turnbull creek bonsai focuses on collected north american material for bonsai. The japanese white pine grows best outside as it needs plenty of natural sunshine and temperature changes associated with the seasons. There s a nursery grafter here that uses them as understock for japanese 5 needle so if nothing else you could always try grafting.

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American white pine bonsai. Pine trees are very hardy but still need to be protected during the winter when they are planted in containers. Pinus strobus is not a commonly used species in the bonsai world but this specimen had some attributes that made it unique especially. This is an eastern white pine collected in spring of 2017. Place the pine bonsai outside in full sun.

The more sunlight and warmth your bonsai receives the more often it will need water. Yamaki donated the pine in 1976 as part of japan s bicentennial gift to the american people the gift that created the museum. Almost 400 years old the japanese white pine has survived generations of travel and travesty most famously the 1945 bombing of hiroshima where the tree sat in late bonsai master masaru yamaki s garden. Eastern white pine has soft blue green 3 to 5 inches long needles borne in groups of five although foliage colour varies greatly from one tree to the next.

Like all pine trees it is an evergreen that should be kept outdoors. This gives a soft almost feathery look. I have no experience with eastern white pine for bonsai but have heard the same as you. I would love to see your progress documented.

Juniper ponderosa pine as well as eastern broadleaved trees like maple and elm and hackberry collected by me. I say go for it if you have permission to collect it of course. It h as beautiful grayish blue needles and grows very slowly. This helps the first and second flush of growth develop and adds to decreasing the needle size needles grow longer if the tree doesn t get enough sunlight.

There is a good selection of western yamadori mountain trees like rocky mtn. Do not water the tree if the soil is damp or cool. Description this eastern white pine is a stately miniature tree with long fine needles clustered in 5 s along the branches. It is the only five needle pine native to the eastern part of north america and is the state tree of maine and missouri.