Uncle Fogy Jack Pine Bonsai
Collected jack pines are notorious for being touchy and having a low survival rate.
Uncle fogy jack pine bonsai. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about dwarf jack pine pinus banksiana uncle fogy supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave s garden. Cones wrap themselves around stem like a leech. An attractive unusual form often looks bonsai like. Jack pine is a pine that needs a sharp cold winter.
Leave a reply cancel reply. Its native range is almost entirely restricted to zone 5 and colder. Your email address will not be published. Plant grows upward with sprawling limbs in all directions.
Undulating pendulous branches on a dwarf form with long needles resinous buds and cones that wrap around the branches. Uncle fogy jack pine product information. Pinus banksiana uncle fogy a contorted weeping jack pine. Jack pine grows on low land in the conifer belt of north america where it thrives even on the poorest soils.
Product description pinus banksiana uncle fogy contorted jack pine full sun zones 2 8 6 tall 10 wide a contorted jack pine. Pinus banksiana uncle fogy wildly undulating pendulousbranches give unique character to every plant of this distinctive form of jackpine. Notify me of new posts by email. Smaller than species with large dark green leaves.
Jack pine pinus banksiana uncle fogy american conifer society youtube. But seedlings and grafted trees seem fine reasonably tolerant of normal bonsai work. Even after 30 years a very old specimen only gets about 3 tall in the center and 15 wide. Great choice for bonsai.
This collector s plant first discovered in a garden in richfield minnesota seems to be a reference to everyone s eccentric relative. A dense prostrate form of jack pine with emerald green needles this slow growing seedling selection can drape down a wall or spread out in a low mass on a bank. Jack pine pinus banksiana uncle fogy american conifer society duration. Plants bend and swoop to create a curvy living sculpture decorated with resinous winter buds.
Wildly undulating pendulous branches give unique character to every plant of this distinctive form of jack pine.