Pinus Parviflora Negishi Bonsai

Pinus parviflora negishi 3 years 5 months ago 28344 i had some fun during the last 3 days working on this nursery material that i received as a gift from a nurseryman in september.
Pinus parviflora negishi bonsai. Specific bonsai care guidelines for two flush pines. Pinus parviflora negishi japanese white pine. Light yellow green spring candles open and mature to short blue needles accented with silvery lines. This dense pyramidal pine with silver blue foliage makes an excellent choice for the landscape.
Pinus parviflora negishi is an upright dwarf selection of japanese white pine with open branching holding short ascending branchlets and short gray green blue needles. The specimen on the left is on display at the arnold arboretum boston massachusetts. Once the tree has had time to grow its branches and develop it can be repotted in a non enamelled bonsai pot of your choosing. Visitors welcome by appointment call ahead 360 425 0541.
Negishi is valued in japan for the beauty of its fine short slightly blue needles. After 10 years of growth an unpruned specimen will measure 3 feet 1 m tall and 2 feet 60 cm wide an annual growth rate of 3 to 4 inches 7 5 10 cm. Japanese white pine pinus parviflora scots pine pinus sylvestris ponderosa pine pinus ponderosa and mountain pine pinus mugo or mugo pine. If you need help identifying your tree try our bonsai tree identification guide.
Pinus parviflora gimborn s ideal narrow dwarf japanese white pine mail order conifer nursery of dwarf and miniature conifers japanese maples bonsai and fairy garden plants. It is a coniferous evergreen tree growing to 15 25 m in height and is usually as broad as it is tall forming a wide dense conical crown. Not a great material because the trunk is too straight it had a bulge or cluster of branches or reverse taper i don t know exactly how to say it in english that. It is natural for japanese white pine to show off its smooth grey bark this way it is not an illness.
Pinus parviflora has been used in the art of bonsai for centuries particularly plants selected with shorter than typical needles. Very full and thick the plant grows about 8 inches a year.