Are Italian Stone Pines good choices for bonsai? | Bonsai Nut Pinea has the mumps uh I mean bumps on the trunks The juvenile foliage stays longer and much easier on Pinea, over halapensis, eldarica, canariensis, all seen often in so-cal nurseries
Pinea silver crest for Bonsai? | Bonsai Nut P pinea takes a number of years to develop mature foliage, and will revert back to juvenile fairly easily each time it is pruned or stressed A tree with a mix of mature and juvenile foliage will look strange The biggest problem with them as bonsai is this habit of reverting to juvenile foliage
Pinus Pinea for a beginner - Bonsai Nut Pinus pinea is a problem because of the tendency to produce juvenile foliage after any amount of pruning The results of having mixed foliage types on a tree is unattractive You either have to be very careful with pruning to keep all mature foliage, or prune to force all juvenile foliage The mix of foliage types always looks hodge podge
2 Pinus Pinea, can they be transformed into bonsais? Pinus pinea is difficult because it keeps producing juvenile foliage (the flat, single needles) whenever it is pruned But yes, you can make a bonsai from them It's easier to work with other species though! Try to find a mugo pine, a sylvestris pine or a pinus nigra They keep their "adult" needles if they are pruned There are very few people in the world that have experience with pinus
Pinus Pinea UPPER Hardiness Range? | Bonsai Nut Pinus pinea is known here as Italian Stone Pine which implies Mediterranean origins That usually also means heat hardy They certainly grow well in hot areas of Australia so I suspect your Colorado summers should not be an issue As for extreme or duration I cannot offer any insight but I suspect it will turn out to be a combination - exposure to x temp is instantly fatal but prolonged
grafting pinus thunbergii on a pinus pinea - Bonsai Nut Does anyone know if it is possible to graft a JBP scion onto a Italian Stone Pine (pinus pinea)? They are the same genus, so technically it should be possible, right? Has anyone had any experience with Pinus pinea? Any help would be great Thanks
Italian Stone Pine (What to do?) - Bonsai Nut Pinus Pinea for a beginner I just purchased an Italian Stone Pine (Pinus Pinea) that I intend to make into a bonsai and need advice My vision of this would be to have it morph into a natural-looking, but not extreme, umbrella shape, as seen in nature I read that late fall early winter is a good time to trim and
Pinus Pinea for a beginner | Page 4 | Bonsai Nut I am a complete noob as you will probably realise! lol I have recently just got a pinus pinea ( silver crest ) In nursery form (homebase) 12 cm roughly and will be looking to ultimately train into a bonsai! My main noob questions are can i still repot 4th apr? i will grow it out as a potted