Pinus Parviflora Bonsai Care

It develops multiple leaders that extend at 45 angles with short blue green twisted needles.

Pinus parviflora bonsai care. Visit the tree yourself. Pinus parviflora var pentaphylla azuma is a slow growing pyramidal dwarf selection of japanese white pine with silver blue incurved needles held forward around the buds on the shoot ends. Widely used as bonsai or container plant. Takes on a natural windswept growth habit slow growing evergreen conifer.

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. Former students of masaru yamaki now take care of the family s large bonsai collection. Place the pine bonsai outside in full sun. Erect or spreading with a high canopy.

More bonsai die due to improper watering than any other cause. Pinus parviflora glauca japanese white pine is a small evergreen coniferous tree of dense conical habit when young but develops into a wide spreading irregularly shaped tree with a broad flattened canopy. Longevity greater than 150 years. Do not water the tree if the soil is damp or cool.

Bonsai generally need to be watered every couple of days but there is no set schedule. This is one of the most popular of the asian pines for bonsai work and garden use. After 10 years of growth a mature specimen will measure 24 inches 60 cm tall and 16 inches 40 cm wide an annual growth rate of 1 5 to 2 5 inches 4 6 cm. The foliage of stiff curved silver blue needles is presented in tufts at the branch tips adding charm to this picturesque tree.

25 50 feet. Page 1 of 2. Very conspicuous the abundant brownish red cones. 12 to 24 inches per year.

The more sunlight and warmth your bonsai receives the more often it will need water. The two species of the white pine commonly seen as imported bonsai in the west are. Yamaki pine japanese white pine cultivar pinus parviflora miyajima yamaki pine. 25 50 feet.

Pinus parviflora fukuzumi japanese white pine. Pinus parviflora glauca nana sku 4642 a narrower more compact and upright form with short blue green to gray needles. When the topsoil feels dry water thoroughly and deeply. Useful as bonsai plant.

I ve documented my spur of the moment introduction to bonsai round about the mid to end 1990s elsewhere juniper story and after about 6 or 7 years i must have had over 100 trees in various stages of development ranging from home grown seedlings to what i considered at the time to be quality pre bonsai purchased from various outlets. Japanese white pine bonsai for a dummy.