Scots Pine Bonsai Tree
In britain grows wild mainly in scotland but is the most widely distributed conifer in the world.
Scots pine bonsai tree. Japanese white pine pinus parviflora scots pine pinus sylvestris ponderosa pine pinus ponderosa and mountain pine pinus mugo or mugo pine. This bonsai is the common scots pine not a special variety. It is a fast growing pine with a mature height of 75 feet spreading to 25 feet. Bonsai in depth dates 2015.
With great natural movement very rough mature bark natural shari and jin and plenty of foliage for me to place trees like these are a dream to style. It began as a one gallon pot seedling in 1970 which cost me 5. If you need help identifying your tree try our bonsai tree identification guide. These needles can be reduced in length with proper cultivation techniques.
Scot s pine pinus sylvestris is a remarkable tree naturally it occurs from spain in the south to lapland in the north and east across siberia. Scots pine pinus sylvestris considered to be scotlands national tree and one of our indigenous trees scotland. It is important to understand where our pine species live in nature and which characteristics they have in order to know how to treat them correctly as a bonsai tree. This stunning yamadori scots pine pinus sylvestris was collected by tomas gramming from a bog near gothenburg in 2015.
International joy through bonsai programme. Each branch has a dense mass of needles growing from its tip. My fellow bonsai artist at sbr3 samuel brierley studying the tree. The needles are somewhat twisted.
The tree developed nicely into a masterpiece specimen in 2008. Specific bonsai care guidelines for two flush pines. The older darker needles on this branch grew last year. An evergreen coniferous tree.
The scots pine is a two needle pine with short 1 to 3 inch bluish green needles needles. To correctly prune and pluck the tree is methodically worked over branch by branch. Obviously it is tolerant of a vast range of conditions from almost cooking in the dry hot spanish summer to deep freezing in the horrific siberian winters.