It doesn't appear to be a popular bonsai specimen. I Googled the
tree and found very little relating to bonsai -- a couple of
German pages and one from Czechoslovakia. (??)
BUT, most pines are bonsaiable, depending on needle length, so
give it a try.
BUT I saw several warnings that it was host to a very damaging
species of borer (one that attacks other conifers, apparently) so
examine any tree you dig up with a very close eye.
How did these trees get to South Africa?
Jim Lewis - lewisjk@alltel.net - Columbus, NC - We have failed to
examine our love affair with technology. . . . Today's problems
are all too often yesterday's solutions. Stephen Viederman,
Jesse Smith Noyes Foundation
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Dr. Carl Morrow wrote:
It doesn't appear to be a popular bonsai specimen. I Googled the tree and found very little relating to bonsai -- a couple of German pages and one from Czechoslovakia. (??)
BUT, most pines are bonsaiable, depending on needle length, so give it a try.
BUT I saw several warnings that it was host to a very damaging species of borer (one that attacks other conifers, apparently) so examine any tree you dig up with a very close eye.
How did these trees get to South Africa?
Jim Lewis - lewisjk@alltel.net - Columbus, NC - We have failed to examine our love affair with technology. . . . Today's problems are all too often yesterday's solutions. Stephen Viederman, Jesse Smith Noyes Foundation
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Dear All
While travelling this past weekend I spotted some very interesting,
naturally gnarled Pinus pinaster (Cluster pine or Maritime pine) growing
out of a road cutting. This tree is a category 1 plant invader here in
Cape Town and so I plan to do my civic duty and remove them.
Does anybody have experience growing this species of pine?
Looking at the ones in the field the two problems that I may encounter
are very long, spindly branches with tufts of needles at the ends and a
tendency for the tree to thicken unevenly (development of an oval trunk
section) when it is severely bent. Any experience of dealing with
these problems in other species?
If anybody living in the mediterranean climate of France, Portugal or
Spain (or even California, Australia, Chile or Cape Town!) is reading
this I would appreciate suggestions of when would be a good time to
collect the trees; at the end of the dry season (Autumn) just as the wet
winter rains start accompanied with a flush of growth or at the end of
the wet season (Spring) when the tree is strong and growing...
I pulled a small tree off the cliff to get an idea of how tough it
actually is with the plan of going back and collecting properly when the
season is correct.
Thanks for any help or suggestions
Carl
www.bonsai.co.za
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