AusBonsai

Hi all,

a pine for a workshop. Firstly it is a short needled 2 needle pine, 30mm to 40mm, annual growth in pot around 50mm or so.

What is it?
Grant

Stone Pine?

i dont know pines very well, is it stone pine?

No idea, but that would be a whole lotta fun to work on!

Is it collected? If so where from?

Do you know what it is? and are just having fun with us?

Scots Pine - Pinus sylvestris

Cheers
Mojo Moyogi

The native region for this tree is northern USA (only just) and lots of eastern Canada. It is reputedly the most northern growing pine.

This tree is about 30 yrs old and measures 1 mtr high. It has only one major cut where a branch was cut off about 5 years ago and a smaller branch brought up to be the apex.

Grant

Lodgepole?

Jack Pine? I cheated (wikipedia)

It looks very similar to Scots pine but is greener.

It looks similar to P mugo but not as deep green, shorter and thinner needles with a slight twist.

Buds not as red as the other two can be.

It was collected up to 20 years ago and there are only a few stands of them in Canberra. I don't know of them growing anywhere else in Australia and it was new to me when I moved to Canberra about three years ago now.

I was going to work on it last Sunday but I never got to the workshop. Oh well, my loss, your gain.

Grant

Jack pine!

Andrew_Davies wrote:Jack Pine? I cheated (wikipedia)

Correct, Jack Pine , Pinus banksianna. Also Scrubby pine.

Hi all,

I am adding extra photos back on the first post and would be interested in your ideas for this tree.

I am not going to get to work on it for a few weeks so I will have plenty of time to think, and for your suggestions.

Grant

I have heard that there are a bunch of these growing just south of Tumut.

Cheers,
Leigh.

Leigh Taafe wrote:I have heard that there are a bunch of these growing just south of Tumut.

Cheers,
Leigh.

There was one growing in your nursery till I bought this one.

Grant

There are still 2 growing just nicely!