This powerful pine with its aged, heavily plated bark (reminiscent of our North American Ponderosa pines, especially the reddish section at the base of the trunk) is one of many spectacular trees displayed at the recent 2012 BCI convention in China. This and all the photos in this post are courtesy of Robert Steven.
Summer sun beckons, so we’ll take the easy way out once again. This post, with some text added today (in italics) originally appeared in April, 2013.
Pines now, the rest later. Robert Steven just sent us a whole host of great photos from the recent 2012 BCI convention in China. We’ll start with some powerful pines here, and then show you some of the other trees in a few days.
If you think you've seen this forest recently you are right. We featured it less than two weeks ago as part of our series on forest plantings.This has to be one of the most impressive pine forests anywhere. Actually, you can scratch the pine part and we'll just leave it at one of the most impressive forests, period. Most of us would be more than delighted to have any one of these trees in our backyard, let alone the whole planting. Nice pot too. Looks a bit like an escarpment in the Rockies.
Another powerful trunk. This one is accented by two whirling circles.
Looking up at this angle it's easy to imagine you're looking at some massive old-growth Ponderosa pines in the Rocky or Sierra mountains. This effect is heightened by the heavy reddish-orange bark; a striking feature of Ponderosa.
I like the way this one doubles back on itself as though it has spent countless winters under a heavy snow load. Great taper on another powerful trunk too.Bonsai Wire Sale Ends Tomorrow Night
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