Pinus mugo "Little Lady"

[rodtheworm]

I bought about three years ago from nursery stock when my daughter was born, and am hoping to pass this on to her when she gets older if she also develops a taste for bonsai.

It probably needs some wiring now to get it into shape, but I'm happy with how the needle reduction and basic trunk divisions are starting to develop.

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Greeting and a most hearty Welcome Aboard BonsaiNut.

A couple items to help you seamlessly work with others on the site.

1. Basic information. Please enter the approximate location and USDA Plant Hardiness Zone to your icon. This will help others help you and help you meet folks in your area. To do this double click your icon atop the page, select Account details, scroll down and enter the information and save.

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In this case, we are all very interested to see your “Little Lady” which we all sincerely hope will someday be gifted to your daughter.

Again, Welcome Aboard

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[rodtheworm]

Thank you!

I don't see an option to edit my post, so I'll try here:

Looks like perhaps the image was too big before?

Anyway, I'm in the south west UK, so relatively warm and mild.

Edit: I also realise that I've mistakenly posted this in the Juniper subsection after putting up my Chinese juniper multi-trunk, argh! I don't suppose a friendly mod could move it to the correct section?

Apologies again - I blame baby brain!

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Nice starter tree and very healthy!

Now if you would be so good as to follow the instructions on #1 above you can enter this information.

btw there is a resource on Mugo Pines on this site that might be of interest to you. It’s posted here.

cheers
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[rodtheworm]

Thanks again, that's an interesting read! Looks like I'm coming up to perfect wiring time right now, then next year will be repotting and root pruning.

I've added my location and rough zone - the map I found estimates zone 9 for my part of the UK.

 

[Deep Sea Diver]

Just chanced on this article mentioning Somerset which might help narrow it down

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[rodtheworm]

Just chanced on this article mentioning Somerset which might help narrow it down

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Thanks - yes, the map I found showed most of the UK as 8, some 7 in the north and 9 in the southwest. That article says 8b, and they're just about on the dividing line, where I'm a bit further southwest into the 9 zone. Sounds like it fits.

I'm just down the road from a big cider producer (one of the things Somerset is best known for in the country), so I know that at least Malus species will do well in my area!

I'll try to get a few more pictures up over the next week or two but, while I have many trees, most of them would be generously described as starter material.