THE KING (Pinus mugo)

Hi bonsai friends

It is exactly ten years since I found this impressive mugo pine in the Swiss Alps. The tree took many years to recover and develop a strong root ball. During acclimatization O only worked on dead wood. Six years after collecting i twas planted in a suitable tray and was strong enough to be shaped.The good trunk base and the attractive trunk have already been designed by nature.
This mugo pine is THE KING of my bonsai collection.
I hope you’ll enjoy it. Greetings from Switzerland

Peter

#01 the tree in the wild 1998


#02 back view


#03 acclimatization in a wooden box


#04 side A 2001


#05 side B


#06 2001 work on dead wood


#07


#08


#09


#10

#11 2001


#12 after repotting 2004


#13 -15 various views


#14


#15


#16 nebari


#17 basic styling 2004


#18 backside view

#19 front 2009


#20 backside view


#21 dimensions


This is it. Thanks for be patient
Peter

Crown the King. Beautiful tree...nice find Peter. Just a little smooth-out, hope you don't mind.

__gary

WOW! I had no idea of the scale of this tree till picture 21. It is indeed a king of a bonsai.

Ed

Strewth! I assume during the 6 years it took to collect and establish this stunning tree that you were in the gym?

Anyone else got a tree of this size, or bigger?

@ Garykk. I, too, thought the tree would benefit from the removal of that deadwood. It distracted from the motion of the trunk.

What a pretty mame !

Great tree.

Now that's big.....how did you pack it out - pack horses or helicopter.
Cheers
Gman

Wow! That's some impressive twisting of the trunk for a mugho. I just think the crown is way too big.
And why didn't you clean the whole jin and left some bark on?

this tree is absolutely amazing! it's like McDonald's - i'm lovin it !!

Very impressive and powerful tree.

Hi bonsai lovers
Thanks for your feedbacks.

About the jins : The bigger jin is part of the broken trunk, that’s why I leave the bark. The smaller one looks more natural like this. I don’t want create a Japanese bonsai – this is a tree from the Swiss Alps. I prefer a natuaral bonsai style.

Peter

Beautiful tree, Peter.

You Europeans are very lucky to have this tree growing wild where it is dwarfed naturally and shaped by the elements into forms that make potentially awesome bonsai.

Hi Peter,
tree is fantastic. I just wonder how you managed to transport it. You have beeen lucky enough to have decent road very close or? It must have been over 50kg I guess...

Gman and Maros,

normaly I carry the trees on my back – if they are not more than 50 kg (have a look at the pic). But this one was too heavy, so I hired a bodybuilder to bring it down to my car. It took more than one hour because there was no road close to the place where I found this tree.

Peter