japanese white pine

Just got this gorgeous japanese white pine yesterday, it cost me a pretty penny so im really stuck on what to do with it at the moment. Its in a #3 nursery container with the typical dense organic soil mixture. My initial thought was to leave it in there until next spring and just do some...

Hello! I'm new to this site and to bonsai so I've come here for advice. I got this Japanese White Pine last week and I noticed that the soil is really compact. I read that JWP likes a well draining substrate and really likes oxygen for the roots so I'm planning on repotting it. So a couple of...

Hello everyone, I recently purchased this Japanese White Pine bonsai, and I would love to hear your thoughts on it. I'm particularly interested in any feedback on its current structure and potential styling directions for the future. Do you see any improvements I could make, or specific...

Hello! In the fall I went crazy buying and collecting different tree seeds for bonsais and to grow full size. I was at a nursery that had 3 large grafted JWP with pine cones on them. I did not know anything about the tree at the time (still very new to the hobby, and it's my first year growing...

Hi all, I just picked up a few pine trees at a local nursery (zone 7B) first of which is a Pinus Parviflora Catherine Elizabeth. I think the trunk had some nice movement and very nice small foliage. It has a pretty thick trunk almost 4 inches at the base and tapers pretty nicely. I am planning...

Hello all. I was recently gifted a Japanese white pine bonsai. It is a pretty mature tree. Pictures of it are attached. I live in Washington DC (zone 7a), and we are supposed to be getting some very cold weather early next week. Lows in the single digits down to 3°F, and highs not reaching...

Hi! I'm new here but not new when it comes to bonsai as I started when I was still in Asia maybe when I was around 14yo (and I am way older now). Anyway, I would like to specifically ask the people who have experiences with these two specific bonsai species if you guys managed to grow (bonsai or...

I just got my first JWP today as I just came across it on its lonesome at the local garden centre. I am struggling to find out more about the cultivar "glauca". Does anyone have anymore information on it? What exactly is different about it? I have also come across a comment that it is on black...

Hi All, had this JWP for 3 years and it's been very healthy until now. Once colder fall temps hit, needles started losing chlorophyll and started to turn pale yellow. Needles don't seem to be dead as they're still firmly attached and look different to actual dead needles which are brown and...

Hi, Looking for some advice on improving this JWP. Got it last summer and fed it well this year. It looks healthy now- thinking about next steps to improve it. What would you do? One thing I plan is to do some root work next spring and repot it with bonsai soil. Can I cut a few big roots -...

I drove three hours West today on a whim to check out a personal collection and came back with this Japanese White Pine. It's not perfect but overall I'm happy with it. The graft scar is super distracting (not sure if there is any way to remedy that but input is appreciated) ,it desperately...

Does anyone have a current source for non-grafted Japanese white pine seedlings in the United States? I have seen several other threads from months or years past citing COVID-related supply chain issues and/or importing troubles that have made these more scarce. Any tips on where to find them...

In November 2018 my Father in Law passed away and a dozen of his trees passed on to us. We had kept these trees during the past two winters, but we did nothing except repot and keep the trees alive for the next year, mostly due to damage and subsequent surgeries from auto accident for 18+...

Koren Hornbeam (left), Button Fern (middle), Japanese White Pine over rock (right)

Hello all, It's my first time posting here. Having recently moved to New Haven (zone 6b/7a) from Sydney, I'm now in a position to take up the hobby (addiction?) all over again, and this time I've had the opportunity to work with new material that I couldn't grow very well in zone 10b. I...

Picked up this Japanese White Pine ‘Fukuzumi’ nursery stock this summer. Up-potted it a little when I got it w/ minimal disturbance of the roots. Pruned one branch to avoid creating inverse taper, wired the first branch, and wired a branch that will eventually be the trunk. I’m aiming to...

Picked up another Japanese white pine today. Who lets me go shopping at the local nursery? I always seem to come home with another tree. Anywho, this one is a ‘Glauca Brevifoil’ cultivar. Picked it because I think the nebari already has a pretty good start and I’m a sucker for JWPs. Going to...

Picked up a new tree. Starting a progression thread for it. Haven’t done anything to it yet. This one is a Japanese white pine ‘tanima no yuki’ cultivar. It is grafted, but the graft is quite low to the ground. I'm not sure what the rootstock is. Currently, I'm waiting for the weather to warm...

Hello, I live in seattle, region 8b and i have a Japanese white pine which is maybe 2-3 years old. I got this tree maybe a year ago and it seemed to be doing well until January but it's needles started turning brown thereafter. I was kept in an uncovered section of the patio during the winter...

Debating on getting this guy, but it may be more work than it's worth. $200 ain't cheap, but I don't see nursery pines like this here. Tree is about 18" from soil level with about a 3" nebari. Decent branch structure. Roots I'm sure are a mess, which may lend itself to not being a good choice...

Andy Smith collected in spring 2020. Bought it through Ken’s World of Bonsai (2021). Haven’t done anything to it yet. Planning to graft foliage in spring 2022:

Beginning a progression thread for my first JWP. Forgot to take a picture before starting to work on it. It was straight and basically Christmas-tree-shaped when bought from the nursery. After some branch selection, wiring, and first bending: After working on that bend a bit more and...

Hi, I am brand new to bonsai so please excuse my ignorance. I'm very interested in getting a young Japanese White Pine to train as a bonsai. I was looking online for some sources since I couldn't find them at local nurseries, (at least not yet). I can only find them on the Coniferkingdom...

This is my ongoing quest to graft jwp. I acquired some EWP rootstock from a local nursery that was being discarded as they grafts for the nursery trade didn’t take. I bought a Regenhold JWP. It obviously isn’t good for bonsai in it’s current form. I am barerooting the EWP bands down to the...

Hi I have a Japanese white pine and had some questions regarding the needle color, I know that non grafted white pines times to be a lighter color but I was hoping to get some opinions on the current color of my pine. Also I have a wound on my tree and was hoping to see what the best approach to...