This Weeping eastern white pine (Pinus Strobus ‘Pendula’) is from Shin-Boku Nursery in Wentworth NH. It’s pretty impressive as is, but if you wanted to turn it into a very large bonsai, you might want to cut off (or air-layer) everything above the large first branch on the left (the branch that’s about even with her left hand).
Shin-Boku Nursery
We mentioned Shin-Boku a few posts back when we were discussing some Cole’s prostrate hemlocks. It’s worth mentioning again if you like landscape trees that look like bonsai, as well as some great potential bonsai. Here’s a couple more trees just to give you an idea of what they are up to.
Oversized bonsai are in style in some places, so this Weeping Canadian hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis, Pendula) might be a good candidate for a very large pot. Or maybe as the feature tree in a Japanese style garden.
Shin-Boku’s site has a question mark where the species usually goes on this one. The bark looks like it could be a Red pine of some sort, though that’s just a guess from here at my desk. Next time I’m down there, I’ll take a closer look. BTW: there are two types of Red pine that I know of: a North American species (Pinus resinosa), and a Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora).
There is also a European red pine, aka Pinus sylvestris.
I’ve always seen Pinus sylvestris referred to as Scots pine. The bark does sometimes have an orangish tint however.
Yes, in the English speaking world it’s called Scots pine. But in fact it’s closely related to asiatic Pinus densiflora. Just like Pinus nigra is related to asiatic Pinus thunbergii.