Pinus thunbergii bonsai / Japanese black pine

The Pinus thunbergii bonsai is better known as the Japanese black pine. The Japanese black pine gets a characteristic bark. The black pine is also widely used as a rootstock for the Japanese white pine. The bark of the black pine develops like the well-known pines in a forest or on the heath.

Bonsai

This pine is about 15 years old and imported from Japan. The tree is in a training scale and has a nice branching.

Care

Pines are trees that don’t like wet feet. Therefore, pines are put in a drier soil mixture. Usually pines are in Akadama mixed with kiryu. This ensures a drier environment for the roots. The pots of the pine contain a fungal network with which the pine lives in symbiosis. The fungus ensures that the pine is better able to absorb nutrients. A pine needs food to a lesser extent.