pinus nigra

Hi everyone! Quick question from a motivated beginner here! I tried Googling, of course, but want someone who knows trees to take a look at this in picture and tell me if things are ok. I’m talking about this white matter/white dots on the needles of my Austrian pine. It’s pretty old and mature...

Hello everyone, First post after gaining lots of information from browsing these forums for quite awhile! Looking for some advice as I take on a new/unfamiliar bonsai challenge for the first time. Earlier this year I was given a large (at least in relation to other bonsai I've worked with...

Hi, I have a austrian black pine and I was looking at some JBP and thought to myself, these two tree's look very similar and I thought that maybe people prefer JBP for some other reasons, like growth rate or resistance to some kind of disease or maybe just a cultural thing, cuz you know, bonsai...

Hi, My 1st post here. I acquired this Austrian Pine in Dec 2022 ($50) and proceeded to possibly make my 1st set of mistakes on it. First mistake I might have made was to remove some/most of the needles from the trunk of the tree. I had remembered someone someplace on youtube mentioning that...

Starting a batch of Austrian Black Pines from seed this year. Might as well use a few in a little forest. Not much to look at right now :)

Hi there. Im on Bonsai Nut often, but rarely do I pose questions and/or chime in on threads and discussions. Ive decided that needs to change. Im going into my 6th year as an enthusiast and have a nice collection of trees in all stages of design. Nothing Id call a masterpiece just yet, but...

It's been a while since I started anything from seed, and I'm on a bit of a pine kick so I started collecting for next year. So far I have ripe cones from what I believe to be: Bosnian pine, Mugo, a glaucus Scot's pine, and a green Scot's pine. I'm trying to stick with species that are easily...

Hello Bnuts. I was down a a garden center today and there was this pinus nigra that caught my eye. It has the most dubious trunk base i have ever seen. The problem is that i have no clue if the tree can be reduced enough to be worth it. Also no desgn comes to mind looking at it. Would you spend...