mugo

Hi! Started to HBR the mugo mop. But discovered very thick circular tap root buried. Could this be a graft tree? I put it in a grow bag and gonna do the other half this fall or next spring? And then start to think about styling. Any ideas would be great. Thanks! I use lava rocks, fine pine...

I purchased and did initial styling on this nursery mugo about 1 month ago in early December 2024. I was so ready to style it (typical), I forgot to take a before picture! As a new member and totally obsessed bonsai hobbyist, I would love to participate if some1 gives me a pass for not including...

Pinus mugo 'Pumilio,' proposed front. This tree is in the 2024 Vance Wood Memorial Contest.

Pinus mugo 'Pumilio,' alternate view of front / side. This tree is in the 2024 Vance Wood Memorial Contest.

Found another mugo & couldn't resist. The tag lists it as Pinus mugo "Pumilio." This was about $50 at the local orange big-box store. Last one left, which I took as a sign I should grab it. Since acquiring it I've cut down the top of the nursery pot, brushed off loose soil, and removed dead...

This is my second entry in the Vance Wood Memorial Mugo Contest. I got this on May 21 this year from a nearby big box hardware store (the blue one). I do not know what variety it is as the tag was missing, so I am going to assume it is a regular Pinus mugo until proven otherwise. Selecting this...

This is my first entry in the Vance Wood Memorial Mugo contest. It is a small Pinus mugo 'Slowmound' dwarf cultivar grown by Iseli. I picked it up at a nearby nursery on May 19 this year for about $20. In the time since I have done nothing with it except water it, feed it, and remove some dead...

Hello all! Last week I have collected this rather young Mugo pine from a crumbling clay ravine. Unfortunately after I started digging it I realised that has 2 tap roots going straight down, which left me with a rather small rootball. Also the roots came out with absolutely no soil on them...

Just picked up this mugo and Austrian for half off today $10 and $20. I did some minor root work on the mugo when clearing out the trunk and put it in the pond basket. Nothing too major. Cut a few branches off of it. But now I’m kinda stuck wondering what to do. I read doing this kind of work on...

Hey guys, I'm not sure if I should be using the beginner section or the conifer section. I will probably always consider myself a beginner so I tend to gravitate towards here. Let me know if the thread should be somewhere else, please. Some of the older needles on one of my Mugo pines have...

Hello, I recently saw some weird second flush-like growth on mugo pine (in the ground). The weakest buds did nothing. Some other ones extended significally last summer and autumn, couple of them reached almost the length of the first flush. but they usually didn't make any needles. Other buds...

Got a couple that have roots in this netted sac. Per Vance's suggested material, B&B mugo should be put in netted pot to leave alone but any idea when this should be done? Should I wait for summer for that? as most of the work with mugo seems to be in summer, just wondering if I can repot...

Palafr01 here and I'm back with another thread. This time I need some advice and guidance on this mugo pine (slow mound cultivar). Quick timeline so far: Sept/Oct 2020. purchased tree. Nov 2020. cut back to an existing branchlet at "apex" hoping it would gain strength. Branchlet...

Looking for some good books on Mugo pine, hackberry, Amur maple etc. I know these are specific but if I could find any specifics for these it would be great. If not I am interested in learning how and why things happen with trees. I have learned a lot through practice with trees but I would be...

I am goin to use this as a place to document my journey with this Mugo pine. First picture is when I bought it at a nursery and did a slip pot/ light prune at the INCORRECT TIME which I later learned. This was in March 2022. From then on I have not touched it and had it in full sun etc. I did...

I started this mugo pine root-over-rock in 2018. Sorted out roots in 2020 and washed it off again last weekend to check the roots. I could have waited another year to work it again. This time I am dissatisfied with the way it is going. Mainly, I think the rock is going to be too small for the...

Since I started doing bonsai in the early 2000s, I have always repoted my trees late winter or early spring, apart from some specific species like Olive and wild Olive. As you all know, specifically about Mugo pines (and other species) there are two streams when it’s about repoting them: -Late...

Please help ☺️ Hello all, I'm very new to the world of Bonsai and have been growing a Pinus Mugo Pumilio from the seed. I've got a 1yr old seedling and I'm looking for guidance. (I'm located in Southern England, for seasonal reference). I planted it towards the end of Autumn 2020 and simulated...

This will be my first post ever on this forum so apologies if I'm doing it wrong! Picked up this lovely bit of nursery stock today: 1/3 of a good root flare, not in an ideal place however. Back end does not seem to have many roots near the surface at all. I have managed to turn into this...

Found a new kind of "training pot" that fits this nursery dwarf mugo perfectly. It's actually a plastic serving bowl from Target for $8. Looks pretty good I think. . Here's where I get stuck. What's my vision for the tree? Where do I take it? With so many branches, I become paralyzed. I know...

Here it is one of my little mugos, which I think has some potential. The tree is just about 25 cm, but has some nice movement and pleasant bark and (partially) radial roots. The tree will be fully wired in autumn. The question now is about letting the tree grow in a colander for a few more...

I bought this mugo pine a couple of months back, and started work on it yesterday. Cleaned out the needles, trimmed the candles and uncovered some of the trunk, but as I was slip potting into a pond basket I only teased out the roots slightly. I also potted it in a more upright position. I’ve...

Hello! I would like to train a niwaki specimen on a garden slope into a shape resembling “semi cascade,” with about a width of 1.5 m (4-5 feet). Does anyone have a sense of whether I would benefit from either the vigor of the species Mugo pine, or instead by choosing a cultivar that more...

First time posting on Bonsai Nut, been a long time lurker. Recently I purchased a named cultivar Pinus Mugo “aurea”. I haven’t seen many memeber try to bonsai a named mugo cultivar. I went ahead and followed Vances advice in repotting after Father’s Day during early summer. The only concern I...

I have tried this a couple of times now and I end up losing my trees to the summer. I took a couple years off from killing trees lol. Now I'm back. I have 3 trees now. I have a Mugo, Vitex, and a small juniper. I just went to nurserys looking for cheap trees with some potential and I feel like...