Unusual Pinus nigra

Hi people, so grows a Pinus nigra rare.

2006 before the first styling


2011 restyling

Simply wonderful.

Xuan

Your tree looks really good!! the tree and pot match togather perfect..good job take care john

Very skilled work and the pot is just wonderful.

Such a beautiful pine!
Your tree does not seem so unusual to me, Karl!
I see lots of such pines in Greek forests so I am accustomed to this shape.
Why do you characterize it as "unusual"?
I suppose the pot is your wife's made, isn't it?

Great work... I have a few technical questions:

How did you refine the needles? Seems like you thinned the foliage by plucking out needles, or did you cut the needles? How does that affect the health of the tree, and how will the new buds react to this training?

I would love to learn this technique of refinement, but at the same time, I want to know the right timing and the consequences.

Thanks,
S

What a great looking bonsai.

my nellie wrote:Such a beautiful pine!
Your tree does not seem so unusual to me, Karl!
I see lots of such pines in Greek forests so I am accustomed to this shape.
Why do you characterize it as "unusual"?
I suppose the pot is your wife's made, isn't it?

Hi Alexandra, unusual for these Austrian Pinus nigra is the form in which she grew.
This pine trees grow mostly single trunks or with two trunks from the roots.

suburbia @, my English is too bad to describe how one cultivates a pine to achieve a good branch. I ask for apology. I'm sure it will contact someone who can better English.
Thanks all for your comments.

Love the tree karl,but the pot is outstanding it looks like the shell of a crab,thanks for sharing steve