Pinus Contorta Bonsai

Named for the nurseryman who found it in washington state spaan s dwarf develops a sturdy open upright branch structure and dramatic character with age.
Pinus contorta bonsai. Beach western scrub north coast scrub sand shore or knotty pine. Species of pine bonsai pinus care guides for popular pine bonsai trees. Pinus contorta taylors sunburst bonsai. Half inch dark green needles with dark pointed buds.
Develops a sturdy open upright branch structure dramatic character with age. Unusual and dwarf and contorted make spaan s dwarf highly desirable for bonsai enthusiasts. One year i saw this really neat landscape pine tree growing at pauline gardens nursery in denver colorado. They are smallish trees beautiful and sparse with tiny cones often twisted and bent from the coastal winds making them appear like oversized bonsai trees.
Description pinus contorta spaan s dwarf shore pine short closely set dark green needles and a sweeping irregular habit give this dwarf shore pine an unusual look that suggests coral. For bonsai pines are especially popular and many people even regard them as the most typical bonsai trees. Slow growth forming a natural bonsai shape. Pinus contorta with the common names lodgepole pine and shore pine and also known as twisted pine and contorta pine is a common tree in western north america.
In the spring the ends of the branches were covered in yellow needles and the tree looked fantastic. Pinus contorta shore lodgepole pine here is a comparison of the lodgepole yamadori tree brought to a bjorn bjorhlm workshop by back country bonsai and when the tree was entered in the local bonsai show in sept. Found along the water in the san juan islands and along the coast of washington and oregon. The bark of older pine trees becomes scaly or flaky.
Pinus contorta spaan s dwarf this dwarf shore pine makes a natural bonsai. Pinus contorta described in 1838 by david douglas 1798 1834 ex john claudius loudon 1783 1843 in arboretum et fruticetum britannicum vol. Pinus contorta spaan s dwarf short closely set dark green needles a sweeping irregular habit give this dwarf shore pine an unusual look that suggests coral. 4 2292 is commonly known as lodgepole pine.
This lowland variety is the western shore pine.