Please help me identify this pine.

[mountain troll]

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Hi, I'm a noob here so I hope this photo attachment works
This is one of about 15 bonsai I inherited from my Aunt,
none of them had any sort of id, I have had them for about 2 years & I am at the point where
I need to think about repotting them so any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Gerard]

My first thought was pinus mugo, but looking at the bark and the buds I changed my mind. I think it is most likely to be pinus sylvestris (scotts pine)

[mountain troll]

Thanks for that.

[Dario]

The needles look like a Scots pine to me, not thick enough for Mugo. But I am not that experienced with pine id.
Cheers, Dario.
PS out of the three recent trees you posted, 2 pines, 1 juni...I like this the most.
They are all really nice though and well done on keeping them over the last 2 yrs.

[mountain troll]

Thanks Dario, I think I put it down to luck. out of the original trees she gave me I lost
one...not sure what it was, either a cedar or larch and I put that down to over watering.
She also left me a Japanese Cedar, small leaf plum myrtle, and some elms, a spruce
and a dwarf japanese wisteria also.

[Dario]

Hi Mountain Troll sorry to hear you lost one, but one out of ten (depending on the amount of elms you have) means you have managed to keep 90% alive ...you must be doing something right
I look forward to seeing your other trees at some stage down the track. How long did your Aunt do bonsai for?
Cheers, Dario.

[mountain troll]

I think she kept bonsai for around 10-15years but had to move into a unit and she gave them to me
because I had always admired them and I was the only person in the family that would
not kill them all. There were 3 chinese elms and a couple of pre bonsai stock that are starting to look
promising, one is a beech and a windswept Vibernum. This pine is my fav out of them all.

[Dario]

Cheers,Dario.