The more I look at this tree, the more I like it. It’s a Japanese white pine by Susumo Sudo. Its rugged, naturally aged look (enhanced by the pot and ground cover) stands in perfect contrast to its simple, graceful lines. From our Masters’ Series Pine book.
Pine Boom?
As far as I know, there is no Pine Boom. I was trying to type Pine Book as a filler until a more suitable name for this post came to me. Then, viola, there it was; Pine Boom.
Anyway, I’m trying to pull myself to together to catch a plane, so, quickly, here are some pine bonsai for your enjoyment.
This gnarly old Mugo pine looks familiar, but can’t quite place it. I found it on a commercial website, whose name I won’t mention due to their failure to attribute this tree and the famous Walter Pall Scot’s pine below. Though it seems tacky to use photos of other people’s superior bonsai to help sell inferior trees, especially when the photos of the superior bonsai are unattributed and no permission was granted, these types of photos do turn up on stock photo sites, so I guess it’s open season.
Before and after Scot’s pine by David Benavente. You might notice the rebar in the after photo. If you’re familiar with David’s bonsai, you know that he has a penchant for using rebar to shape tough old wood.
Apologies for featuring Walter Pall’s famous Scot’s pine once again, but just in case you’re one of the three people who hasn’t seen it. This particular iteration of this oft photographed tree, appear on the cover of Bonsai Today issue 104.
I’ll leave you with this one to contemplate. I found it in Peter Ebensperger’s facebook photo.
The mystery mugo is also Walter’s.
That’s quite a sacrificial branch!
I would prefer the right lower left pad of Susumo’s pine to be thinner.
As always Walter’s mugho is perfect.
That last pine is just crazy looking with that long first branch-very unique
That last photo just proves what I’ve always said, just because you CAN doesn’t always mean you SHOULD.
OMG..the last one….dont get mad but how does one know these days if photoshop is used to elongate things…..no, I dont mean that..you dirty minded ones…but really..how?
Come on guys,
That is called a welcoming branch.
Our bonsai brother has honored this tree with 33 years of diligent expertise to create this for his guests. (I hope my memory is correct about the number of years involved, it was last month that I first saw this tree).
Though extreme, you must admit it is worthy of admiration.
Wow! That last pine is extraordinary. I can’t stop looking at it. I love it. Welcoming indeed.
Thanks Greg,
Good reminder about the welcoming branch. 33 seems feasible too.
Hi Sharon,
Time mixed with expertise is the answer.
Hi Dave,
Ha! Yeah, but still, kinda impressive.
Thanks again Nuromeo,
Agreed. It could be thinner. Still, a very sweet tree.
Thanks Bruce,
That’s good to know. Walter has a large collection of impressive trees.