Recent content by Ben Wilson

Haha! Wow, that's such an awesome tree. What did it look like when you started?? I read that the white pine grows quite rapidly compared to other trees.

Thank you for your reply! I have a large garage outside and I was thinking of putting it in their for the winter as I expect that I will be heating the house to a temperature that would be unnatural for the tree. It snows heavily in this area and will get quite cold, what are your suggestions...

Hey, thanks for your swift reply. Are you sure? I read that the appearance of some yellowish needles was a normal process for the tree as it prepares for the winter, but as you can see in the second picture, there is a big bunch of clearly brown needles. I also feel like these appeared fairly...

Hi all, I recently acquired a Japanese white pine (五葉松) as my first Bonsai tree. I got the tree about three weeks ago. I live in Northern Japan in the Tohoku region, where it is quite cool - and it is fall here at the moment and trees everywhere are beginning to shed leaves and show their...