Japanese White Pine Pinus Parviflora Tree Bonsai
Grows to 50.
Japanese white pine pinus parviflora tree bonsai. They grow well in most of europe as long as you can manage the wetness of the winter months. Commonly called five needle pine this lovely tree has an outstanding irregular silhouette making it a great specimen for nearly any landscape. The japanese white pine or pinus parviflora are very traditional and highly sought after bonsai species. Widely used as bonsai or container plant.
Has short beautiful light green needles that grow in compacted clusters. It often has a dense conical form when young developing into a 25 to 50 ft. It usually has a single trunk although some trees have two trunks splitting low down in the tree. A shoe growing species the japanese white pine will live an extremely long life.
Japanese white pine bonsai tree. It is more feminine in design and found at high mountain regions. History and origins of the japanese white pine this tree called by the japanese goyo matsu and by botanists pinus parviflora is a forest tree from japan where it can reach 80 feet tall. The bark is a brown with interesting texture making this tree a desirable bonsai.
Pinus parviflora glauca nana sku 4642 a narrower more compact and upright form with short blue green to gray needles. The japanese white pine pinus parviflora prefers to be outdoors and create a striking landscape element wherever it is used. Tall graceful irregularly shaped tree with a broad flattened canopy. Japanese white pine pinus parviflorafamily pinaceae.
And an irregular crown that flattens in old trees. Our japanese white pine is a great evergreen for bonsai. The needles are a half inch in length in groups of five and grow in a brilliant bright green color in tufts on branch tips. Japanese white pine is an evergreen coniferous species of tree that grows to mature heights of 80 feet 25 m with a massive straight sometimes split into two or more stems trunk up to 40 inches 100 cm in diameter measured at breast height.
It is also a popular subject for bonsai. Pinus parviflora is an outdoor bonsai needed a dormant winter period. It was first identified and seed collected by philipp von siebold 1796 1866. Dwarf cultivars of the white pine include zuisho kokonoe and myojo.
This pine is native to japan but its presence in eastern china suggests it is also native or was merely imported in ancient times as it has completely naturalized in jiangsu.