Love the bark on that tree! Care to divulge the seller?
I picked this up from Boon. It’s a Scots pine, a dwarf variety, that’s been sitting on one of his back benches for a couple years. I’ve walked past it many times in the past. So, I was looking for a project tree, and chose this one.
It had suffered some fungal disease a couple years back, and all the buds just turned black. So, a lot of time was spent cleaning that out. Since the terminal buds had all died, the green growth you see now came from back budding. And then it was allowed to just grow to get strong.
When I first saw it, I thought it was a Shore Pine, but I think it’s actually a dwarf variety of Scots.
It will be styled as a more storm tossed, wild pine rather than a refined pine.
I don’t know where Boon got it. He buys a lot of stuff from various growers just to have stock on hand. After a couple years, they get worked on a little here, and a little there, and then, they’re ready I get styled!
I bought one tree from him that he had kept for 17 years and never styled! Oh, he cut it back every couple years, but it had never been styled. It wasn’t ready. Then, when it was, it’s magnificent!
This tree:
Before:
After initial styling:
Recent picture:
That a pot I’m considering putting it in next spring.