My Cork Bark Black Pine

[AppleBonsai]

...Older import that was pretty weak when I got it a couple years ago, so nursing it back to full health in a training pot for another couple years!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Looking pretty good to me!

 

[dirk hoorelbeke]

Nice tree, i miss the overall shot. Looks to have relative small needles.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Nice tree. Grown from cutting? Graft?

 

[just.wing.it]

Sweet little corker!

 

[AppleBonsai]

Nice tree, i miss the overall shot. Looks to have relative small needles.

Better overall shot from spring this year... It has a mix of longer- fully fertilized needles and the shorter non-fertilized previous year. I am still getting to know this tree, so I am going SLOW to learn it's unique characteristics. I've fucked up one or two nice trees going too fast!

 

[AppleBonsai]

Nice tree. Grown from cutting? Graft?

Grafted...But of the maybe dozens I've seen in person, this one had a very nicely done graft! Sometimes you see them and they look pretty ridiculous at the base like a funnel shape!

 

[LanceMac10]

Anymore where this one came from? Holy shit!!!


Nice, how 'bout a little wire here-n-there?


Gnarly piece!!

 

[AppleBonsai]

Anymore where this one came from? Holy shit!!!


Nice, how 'bout a little wire here-n-there?


Gnarly piece!!

Thanks. Never seen a piece like this one. Ever. Yep, I plan on doing a little wiring between now and spring! I will post an update- IF I do a good enough job!

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Anymore where this one came from? Holy shit!!!

Check here...
https://bonsaiimportcompany.com/store/?offset=48

 

[cmeg1]

Awesome link,Brian.....I am fifteen minutes from Hockessin!
I sent an email....
THANKS!
I never could join clubs because I have worked weekends for fifteen years..lol
I am missing out on some awesome contacts

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

Awesome link,Brian.....I am fifteen minutes from Hockessin!
I sent an email....
THANKS!
I never could join clubs because I have worked weekends for fifteen years..lol
I am missing out on some awesome contacts

Glad to see you back around, man!

 

[discusmike]

Love it!!

 

[Potawatomi13]

Grafted...But of the maybe dozens I've seen in person, this one had a very nicely done graft! Sometimes you see them and they look pretty ridiculous at the base like a funnel shape!

Well done indeed.

 

[Fonz]

Check here...
https://bonsaiimportcompany.com/store/?offset=48

Wow, awesome trees, less awesome prices

 

[syon_r]

Wow, awesome trees, less awesome prices

In the US, the price of imported bonsai trees is very high, and I think this is due to import restrictions. The US has really strict quarantine rules and all imported material is probably so expensive due to the time needed to quarantine them.

 

[Wilson]

These cork bark are some crazy lookin trees! Congratulations on your beauty purchase!

 

[fredtruck]

That's a very nice looking corker. Nice short needles.

 

[Adair M]

Thanks. Never seen a piece like this one. Ever. Yep, I plan on doing a little wiring between now and spring! I will post an update- IF I do a good enough job!

If the branch has significant cork, you can wire it, but NOT bend it. The cork bark will pop right off!

The time to wire is the new shoots, before they develop cork.

 

[AppleBonsai]

If the branch has significant cork, you can wire it, but NOT bend it. The cork bark will pop right off!

The time to wire is the new shoots, before they develop cork.

Yep yep this isn't my only corker, but it's the best one I've got..! I will post up more pics after I wire it up between now- spring.