markyscott
Imperial Masterpiece
Here's a small Japanese Black Pine I bought from Mike Hansen in Phlugerville TX about 7 or 8 years ago. It was before all of his health issues. He used to run a Japanese Black Pine school back then - in fact, I think that he pioneered the culture of Japanese Black Pine in Texas. Back in the day he used to import a fair number of trees - this was one of a collection of small, twisted-trunk, black pines that he imported back in the late 1990's or early 2000's.
Unfortunately, it's health was not that great when I bought it.
You can see that it's color was off at the time. This was taken in 2009, I think. The upper 1/3 of the trunk was straight and without taper - it needed to go, but first the tree's health needed to be restored. I repotted into a better quality soil and let it grow for a few years.
Scott
Unfortunately, it's health was not that great when I bought it.
You can see that it's color was off at the time. This was taken in 2009, I think. The upper 1/3 of the trunk was straight and without taper - it needed to go, but first the tree's health needed to be restored. I repotted into a better quality soil and let it grow for a few years.
Scott